Poetry
Figurative Language
Genres
Vocabulary
Story Elements
100

The voice that shares the poem's message

Speaker

100

It compares two things and uses like or as

Simile

100

This genre mixes scientific facts with imaginative settings

Science Fiction

100

To break down into parts and study.

Analyze

100

This part of plot mountain where the character faces the conflict.

Climax

200

A poem written in two columns, written from two perspectives 

Two Voice Poetry

200

It compares two unrelated things to highlight a hidden similarity.

Metaphor

200

Stories that are imaginative or invented

Fiction

200

To use evidence to make a logical conclusion.

Infer

200

The part of plot mountain where the conflict is resolved.

Resolution

300

The underlying message the poet wants the reader to know

Theme

300

It gives human characteristics to things that are non-human

Personification

300

This writing has limited characters, a specific mood, is written about a single event, and designed to be read in one sitting.

Short Story

300

The underlying message in a story.

Theme

300

The part of plot mountain that introduces the character, setting, and offers a hint of the conflict.

Exposition

400

A group set of lines in a poem. 

Stanza

400

The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

Alliteration

400

Provides factual information with evidence for support

Informational Text

400

The most important point an author wants to make.

Central Idea or Main Idea

400

The part of plot mountain that immediately follows the the climax.

Falling Action

500

A poem that tells a story using elements of plot and poetry

Narrative Poem

500

When an extreme exaggeration is used to make a point

Hyperbole

500

Contains speech and thought bubbles along with images to tell a story

Graphic Novel

500

The feeling an author creates within the reader.

Mood

500

This part of plot mountain contains most of the conflict.

Rising Action

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