Word Analysis
Literary Devices
Narrative Structure
Poetry
Reading Potpourri
100

This word uses the root "struct," meaning "to build"

What is structure?

100

Onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification are examples of this

What is figurative language?

100

The person who tells the story.

Who is the narrator?

100

Has no rules, no rhythm, no rhyme scheme

What is free verse?

100

Historical, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy are genres of this type of text

What is fiction?

200

The "feeling" or emotional meaning of a word

What is connotation?

200

Examples of this might be a fire station burns down, or a police station gets robbed

What is irony?

200

The place in a story where we learn about the characters and the setting.

What is the exposition?

200

A Japanese poem with three lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines, and 7 syllables in the second line.

What is a haiku?

200

A-, In-, Im-, Il-, Ir-, and Un- are prefixes that mean  this

What is "not?"

300
Words like gloomy, dreary, joyous, delightful are used by authors to create this

What is mood?

300

Luke Skywalker has a dream about fighting Darth Vader. When Luke wins and takes off Vader's mask, he sees his own face. This is an example of...

What is foreshadowing?

Foreshadows that Vader is Luke's Father

300

Gawain was trusty, had a great sense of smell, was fast as a deer and strong as a bull. These are...

Character traits

300

A five-line, humorous poem with rhyme scheme aabba.

What is a limerick?

300

Headings, captions, bold words, glossary, index, table of contents are examples of these

What are text features?

400

The relationship between the words "unusual" and "uncommon"

What are synonyms?

400

Gina was smiling. The sun was warm and comfortable. The smell of the flowers was soothing. This is an example of...

What is imagery?

400

Character vs. character, character vs. nature, character vs society

What is external conflict?

400

A distinctive beat or pattern

What is rhythm?

400

Details like setting, characters, conflict, climax and resolution are things used when annotating for this type of text

What is fiction?

500

Word choice, imagery, figurative language combined to create an overall feeling in a text

What is tone?

500

An object that represents an idea or quality, such as a heart (represents love) or a dove (represents peace). This is an example of...

What is a symbol or symbolism?

500

First person (the narrator is a character in the story), third person limited (the narrator is not a character in the story and tells the story from only one character's perspective), third person omniscient (the narrator knows everything about all characters). These are examples of...

What is point of view?

500

Daily double! Two answers to this question.

Two lines of poetry that rhyme 

Four lines of poetry with rhyme scheme abab, or aabb.

What is a couplet? and What is a quatrain?

500

Questions like Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? are used when annotating for this type of text

What is nonfiction?

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