Literary Elements
What is the setting?
The location and time of a story
What is a poem made up of?
Lines
"He was as quiet as a mouse" is an example of a ___.
A simile
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
Synonyms mean the...
What is a character in a story/novel?
The person or animal in a story. Usually the conflict surrounds them in the story.
What are the paragraphs in a poem called?
Stanzas
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
"She is a tornado when she gets angry!"
Metaphor
What text structure would I use when teaching someone how to bake a cake?
Cause/Effect
Chronological/Sequential
Problem/Solution
Compare/Contrast
Sequence/Chronological
What are the word parts in the word unforgettable?
Prefix: un
Base word: forget
Suffix: able
What type of author's purpose is it when an author tries to get you to believe the same way they do about a topic?
A. To entertain
B. To persuade
C. To explain
D. To inform
B. To persuade
What is THEME, when asked about a story or poem?
Theme: The moral or message learned in the story. The message the author is trying to teach you.
What figurative language is this below?
Lucy Lu loves lasagna and linguini.
Alliteration
What is the first-person point of view?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
The vocabulary words listed in the back of the book is called?
Glossary
What is the ending of a story called? Where the problem is solved?
resolution
What is it called when you see ABBA or AABB or ABAB in poetry?
Rhyme Scheme
What figurative language is expressed in the following sentence:
The alarm buzzed through the hallways to signal the end of the day.
Onomatopoeia
What is the main idea?
What the text is mostly about.
Using context clues, what does the word vivacious mean in the sentence below?
Even though the crowd didn't cheer, Lily remained vivacious.
cheerful, animated, high-spirited, upbeat
What is the PLOT of a story/novel?
The plan of the story. The events that are happening in the story.
Who is the "narrator" of a poem?
Speaker
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
A picture with labels is called a _____.
A picture with labels is called a diagram.
Don't forget that there are many types of punctuation! There are commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points!
What is the 3rd comma, the one before "and," called? What type of comma is it?