Poetic Elements
What is repetition?
When the beginning sound of words are the same and are spaced closely together.
The rainwater snaked and slithered down the mountain.
What is alliteration?
The people or animals in a text that are interacting with each other.
What are characters?
What the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
Words that have a similar meaning to one another.
What is a synonym?
A topic, idea, person, place or thing is described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples.
What is description text structure?
It is when a poem has beat or rhythm to it.
What is meter?
When an author compares two or more things using "like" or "as"
The moonbeam was like a spotlight on my face.
What is a simile?
When characters in a text speak to one another.
What is dialogue?
An example or fact that validates the central idea of the text.
What is a supporting detail?
A word part that attaches to the beginning of a base or root word to create a new word.
What is a prefix?
Tells about an issue and how it gets resolved.
What is the problem solution text structure?
A type of poem that does not have a rhyming pattern throughout or specific metter to it.
What is a free verse poem?
When an author compares two or more things,but does not use "like" or "as".
The car was a speeding bullet going down the interstate.
What is a metaphor?
The other names for the problem and solution in a text.
What is conflict and resolution?
The author's belief or opinion about something in a text
What is the author's perspective or claim?
A word part that attaches to the end of a root or base word to create a new word.
What is a suffix?
Shows a relationship between an event and what happened because of that event.
What is the cause and effect text structures?
The sections of a poem separated by line breaks.
What are stanzas?
When the author taps into one of your senses to help you imagine what is taking place in a poem or text.
The crunch of the bright red juicy apple made me want one too.
What is imagery?
The important events of the text that move the story forward.
What is the plot?
An illustration that has labels on it.
What is a diagram?
Words that have an opposite meaning to one another.
What is an antonym?
Show how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.
What is the compare and contrast text structure?
A type of poem that tells a story and includes characters, dialogue and even a plot.
What is a narrative poem?
When the author gives a human characteristic to an object or an idea.
Love grabbed her by the heart and she adopted the puppy.
What is personification?
The most interesting part of the story where the conflict and solution collide.
What is the climax?
The words beside a picture in a text that explain what it's about.
What is a caption?
A word part that can appear anywhere in a word and it is of greek or latin origin.
What is a root word?
Describes events in the order in which they occur using time and/or dates.
What is the chronological text structure?
The type of poem that has a rhyming pattern throughout and an obvious meter.
What is a lyrical poem?
When a poet exaggerates something to be more than it actually is.
I had a ton of homework.
What is hyperbole?
This is where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
A source of information that came from the time period of a specific event.
A type of word that can stand alone and does not need a prefix or suffix to be a word.
What is a base word?
A type of structure where there is a cast of characters, dialogue and stage directions.
What is a play?