Text Feature
Poetic Elements
Rhetorical Devices
& Grammar
& Grammar
Play
100
Bulleted list
100
the writer’s or speaker’s choice of words and style of expression.
It affects the tone, mood, and meaning of a text by shaping how ideas and emotions are communicated.
Diction
100
When something happens that is the opposite of what you expect, or when words mean the opposite of what they say
The lifeguard couldn’t swim, yet he was in charge of everyone’s safety at the pool
Irony
100
a special way plays show the story that the audience understands. For example, when a character talks to themselves out loud or when the audience knows something the characters don’t.
Dramatic convention
200
Sidebar
200
Poetry with lines that don’t rhyme but have a rhythm of ten syllables each
But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Blank verse
200
when a poem talks directly to someone or something that isn’t there or can’t answer
Oh, sun, why do you hide today?
Apostrophe
200
when a character speaks their thoughts aloud alone on stage, sharing feelings or ideas directly with the audience. It reveals their inner emotions and conflicts.
The character is usually not speaking to other characters but thinking out loud.
Soliloquy
300
a short explanation or description that accompanies an image, illustration, or text feature to help readers understand what it shows or means.
explanatory caption
300
Ordinary writing or speech without a regular rhythm or rhyme. It looks like normal sentences and paragraphs, just like in stories or conversations.
Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.
Prose
300
add extra information that is closely connected to the sentence and important for understanding, but not essential
Comma
300
a long speech by one character in a play, telling their thoughts or feelings to other characters or the audience.
monologue
400
a text feature where words or phrases are printed in thicker, darker letters to make them stand out. It is used to highlight important terms or ideas so readers can quickly notice them.
boldface
400
Two lines of poetry that have the same rhythm and end with words that rhyme.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow
Rhyming couplet
400
add extra details that are less important or just additional notes, so the sentence still makes sense without them
Parentheses
400
a repeated idea, symbol, or image in a story or play that helps show a theme or important message
Motif