Poetic Elements and Allusions
This term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
The part of the story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
This term describes the qualities that define a character.
What are traits?
This refers to the most important point the author wants to convey in a passage or text.
What is the main idea?
his type of figurative language uses words to compare two things that are not alike but have something in common, using "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
This famous ship's name is often used as an allusion for disaster.
What is the Titanic?
The turning point in the story; the moment of highest tension.
What is the climax?
The feelings and emotions a character displays.
What are emotions?
The central idea of an essay is often found in this part of the text.
What is the thesis statement?
This literary device gives non-human things human-like qualities.
What is personification?
"He's a real Romeo when it comes to relationships." This is an allusion to which Shakespearean play?
What is "Romeo and Juliet"?
The events that occur after the climax leading to the story's resolution.
What is the falling action?
This is the main message or lesson the author wants readers to learn from the story.
What is the theme?
Identifying the main idea helps readers understand the purpose of this in a text.
What is the purpose of reading comprehension?
This type of figurative language exaggerates to emphasize a point.
What is a hyperbole?
Mentioning someone as a "Midas" refers to this mythological figure's ability.
Who is King Midas with the golden touch?
A series of events that build tension leading to the climax.
What is rising action?
This term refers to the overall message that the author wants to communicate.
What is the central theme?
These are specific pieces of information that support the main idea.
What are supporting details?
This literary device uses words to evoke imagery and appeal to the senses.
What is imagery?
In literature, what does the term "Romeo" often allude to?
Love or a romantic suitor.
The outcome or solution to the main problem in the story.
What is resolution?
Identify the main theme in the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
The theme centers on choices, decisions, and their impacts on one's life
This is the lesson or moral that the author wants the reader to learn from the story.
What is the author's message?
identify the type of figurative language used in the phrase "Time is a thief."
Metaphor