Terms
Terms
Idenfity the Poetic Device
Indentify the Poetic Device
Multiples
100

A universal truth or the big idea in a story.

What is the theme.

100
A person or an animal in a story, a play, or another literary work.
What is a character
100
Life is like a box of chocolates
What is a simile.
100
The moon is faithful, although blind
What is personification
100

Name two types of conflict. Provide one example of each

Man vs Man

Man vs Self

Man vs Society

Man vs. Nature

200

The problem in a story

Conflict

200
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery
200
Time is a green orchard
What is a metaphor.
200
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration.
200

Name three organizational patterns

comparison/contrast

problem/solution

description 

chronological

sequential 

300

The perspective from which a story is told.

Point of View.

300

One metaphor explored throughout a poem.

An extended metaphor

300
My sisters tears that sing upon my head
What is personification.
300
Amy ate apples all autumn.
What is assonance.
300
Name the three points of view and explain the difference in each.
What is first person (the "I" perspective), third person limited (narrator is limited to the thoughts of one person), third person omniscient (narrator can hear the thoughts of many people)
400

A group of lines in a poem.

Stanza.

400
The repetition of initial consonant sounds that are close together.
What is alliteration.
400
His new car cost him an arm and a leg
What is hyperbole.
400

How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, / In the icy air of night!; To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

What is an onomatopoeia

400
Name three of the 5 elements of the plot of a story.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
500

The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.

What is foreshadowing.

500

A clause in a sentence that cannot stand alone. Hint: It's a fragment.

Dependent Clause

500

“The grass was green, and the flowers were red.”

Imagery

500
That’ll be the day when pigs fly.
What is an idiom.
500

Name three parts of speech.

verb

noun

preposition

adverb

adjective

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