Pick up your trash, and make sure you don't literARY ELEMENTS.
"Mrs. Strangeworth is a conniving old witch behind closed doors." This is primarily an example of a...
What is METAPHOR?
"If your mother constantly calls you a cotton-headed ninny muggins and your BFF, Jackie, constantly encourages you, saying that you remind her of the great and talented Heaton, you might learn that your true family often extends beyond your gene pool." "your true family extends beyond your gene pool" is a prime example of a ______.
What is THEME?
If a narrator is what you call me, I'll poison you with what's in my beaker. I narrate the poem, so get it into your dome, that what I'm called is the _______.
What is SPEAKER?
A looooooooooooooooooooooooooong speech that is delivered by one person.
What is MONOLOGUE?
The test was destroyed by the sophomore class. The previous sentence is written in ____________ voice.
What is PASSIVE?
"Mr. Devlin's pale and sickly appearance powerfully accentuated the overwhelming potency of his sour, spoiled-milk odor. And as his talon-like, skeletal limbs flung about in fury during his grammar lesson, I could hear the faint creaking of his withering bones, like a crumbly deck, shifting over troubled waters." This is (primarily) an excellent example of ________.
What is IMAGERY?
If a story is being told in first person, the pronouns 'I,' 'me,' and 'my,' are referring to the story's _________.
What is NARRATOR?
Playing jeopardy is quite the bonanza, it'll make you feel like Tony Danza. This answer you'll find in a poem, it's like a paragraph in a different home, this big chunk of lines is a _______.
What is STANZA?
A monologue that specifically expresses a the characters' thoughts/feelings.
What is SOLILOQUY?
1st person, 3rd person objective, and 3rd person limited are all examples of
What is POINT OF VIEW?
"After my girlfriend, L-A (luh-DASH-uh) texted me that I needed to work out and get rid of my love handles, I snatched the necklace that she had given me for my birthday, ripped the chain apart, and threw it in the dumpster to rot." In this passage the necklace is a _______ of the relationship's end.
What is SYMBOL?
"As I walked up the creaky steps of the haunted mansion, a blinding bolt of lightning lit up the lonely room with a foreboding bluish hue. While I winced in the midst of the powerful thunderclap, the light from the bolt was just brief enough for me to see an enormous vampire bat with blood-soaked fangs lunging at my throat." In this excerpt, there is a _________ of fear.
What is MOOD?
Position statement and controlling idea are synonyms for what you know as a...
What is THESIS or THESIS STATEMENT?
These let actors/actresses know how to interact with their environment. You'll notice them written in italics, parenthesis, or both.
What is STAGE DIRECTIONS?
This test you'll pass I'm betting. This word you won't be forgetting. In a tale it's the time and the place- that gives you some context and gives you some pace- Just know that this is the _________.
What is SETTING?
This is the author's attitude.
What is TONE?
This is a category of literary elements that communicates things in a NON-literal way. It includes: simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
When you have fun, time is a blur, just like reading poetry, for sure! So an educated guess, will get you out of a mess, this conclusion means you can ___________.
What is INFER?
I hope from boredom none of you have died, or that your brains haven't been fried. But when a character speaks who's a nerd, and his words aren't carefully heard, then what was said is an ________.
What is ASIDE?
The teapot sang as the water boiled The ice cubes cackled in their glass the teacups chattered to one another. While the chairs were passing gas The gravy gurgled merrily As the oil danced in a pan. Oh my dinnertime chorus What a lovely, lovely clan! This poem by Sharon Hendricks is loaded with examples of...
What is PERSONIFICATION?
"While some people argue that over-consumption of pizza-like items could lead to obesity or death, I think every child should be forced to eat an entire meat-lover's pizza every morning because it will jump start their metabolism and put them in a positive mood for the remainder of the day." In this excerpt the ______ ______ is to persuade the reader.
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
If a student were to write a note to me, saying "Your the best grammar teacher ever," it would be a prime example of ________.
What is IRONY?
If you get this one wrong, your group will be miffed. So pay attention and the points could be a gift. When tone or content changes in poems, the silly ol' change is called a _________.
What is SHIFT?
You might say this game could bore us. The teacher should work harder for us. This group will tell you the plot, and reveal quite a lot, in a drama it's called the _______.
What is CHORUS?
To entertain, persuade, inform, and express oneself are the primary forms of...
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?