A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
100
Beginning, middle, end of a story
What is plot?
100
Can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources
What is a fact?
100
The lake is a mirror reflecting the bright sunlight in the early morning.
What is a metaphor?
100
a poem that speaks of personal or emotional feelings, and usually has a rhyme scheme
What is a lyrical poem?
200
This type of poetry has no rhyme scheme or stanzas
What is free verse?
200
where we are introduced to background information about events, settings, characters, etc.
What is exposition?
200
Often includes important details such as the main characters, the setting and main events in a literary piece and main ideas and supporting details in an expositry piece
What is a summary?
200
The wind whispered through the the young leaves of the pecan tree.
What is personification?
200
the problem in the story
What is conflict?
300
Tells a story of a mythic or national hero and is usually long, serious in tone and doesn't rhyme.
What is an Epic Poem?
300
The most exciting or "turning point" moment in a story.
What is climax?
300
Sometimes a text only hints at the main idea instead of telling it outright. In that case, it's the reader's job to make an...
What is an inference?
300
in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.
What is personification?
300
Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, Man vs. Man
What is external conflict?
400
This device develops the comparison of two things throughout an entire poem or section of a poem.
What is extended metaphor?
400
The overall message of a story that reveals something about the human experience.
What is theme?
400
This pattern shows causal relationships between events, ideas, and trends. Some transition words used in this pattern are "because, since, as a result of."
What is cause and effect?
400
Kim’s kids kept kicking is an example of what?
What is alliteration?
400
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
500
pattern of strong and weak beats, as well as pauses, in a poem; sometimes called meter
What is rhythm?
500
Describe the features of a plot diagram in order
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What is 1. Exposition 2. Rising Action 3. Climax 4. Falling Action 5. Resolution
500
Is a statement many people assume to be true but which may or may not be so and can be debatable.
What is a commonplace assertion?
500
"Kill two birds with one stone" is an example of what?
What is an idiom?
500
point of view where the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character