Literary Elements 1
Poetry Elements
Dramatic Elements
Poetic Structure/Figurative Language
Author's Argument
100
The people in a play, narrative, or biography.
Who are characters
100
A technique that creates sounds in the reader's mind. The poet may use words like sizzle, zip, and boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Lines spoken by the actors.
What is dialogue?
100
In poetry the lines act like sentences and the stanzas act like...
What are paragraphs?
100
_______ is the same as the thesis in an argumentative essay.
What is claim?
200
Water represents life, rose represents love, fire represents power, the American flag represents the USA.
What is a symbol?
200
A form of repetition where the poet repeats the first letter of a word for effect.
What is alliteration?
200
A long uninterrupted speech by one actor usually to another actor.
What is monologue?
200
4. What is the definition of hyperbole? a) When a group of of words all start with the same sound. b) When words sound like what they mean. c) An extreme exaggeration d) A comparison
What is c. (An extreme exaggeration)
200
This is the acronym Ms. Woods and Ms. Shine taught you in order to organize an introduction paragraph. __.___.__
What is H.I.T. your essay. (Hook, Intro, Thesis/Claim)
300
This is the three types of third person POV.
What is third person limited, third person omniscient, and third person objective?
300
Language that goes beyond the dictionary meaning of words. It is imaginative and suggestive rather than literal.
What is figurative language?
300
The process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, thoughts a) Direct characterization b) Flat Character c) Static Character d) Indirect Characterization
What is indirect characterization
300
Which of the following is an example of personification? a) You are as a beautiful as a flower. b) The trees danced in the wind. c) I waited in line for 10 years! d) He is an encyclopedia of knowledge.
What is b (The trees danced in the wind)
300
This is the type of tone you should write in when composing an argumentative essay. (Name or describe)
What is objective tone? (We should not use first person in an argumentative essay. We should make sure that our feelings are not associated with our argument and it is based on textual evidence.)
400
A central idea, message, or insight of a literary work.
What is a theme?
400
An exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
400
When the author makes statements about a character's personality directly to the reader a) Direct Characterization b) Indirect Characterization c) Static Character d) Flat Character
What is direct characterization.
400
This choir perched like black birds on the criss-cross trunks and examined Ralph with interest. a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Hyperbole
What is a (simile).
400
This is the "last word" of the argument. It essentially refutes (or proves wrong) the counterclaim.
What is a rebuttal?
500
These are the elements of a plot diagram (narrative structure)
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
500
Rather, let us say, his whole body was a grimace.
What is metaphor?
500
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. a) Antagonist b) Protagonist c) Round Character d) Dynamic Character
What is b. protagonist.
500
What type of figurative language is shown? Life is one long, adventurous roller coaster. a) simile b) onomatopeia c) hyperbole d) metaphor
What is d. (metaphor)
500
The concluding paragraph (conclusion) should do all of the following EXCEPT: a. Restate the thesis b. Reiterate the counterclaim c. Summarize main points d. End with a final comment on the topic at hand.
What is b. (Reiterate the counterclaim)
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