The narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about characters through this "outside voice."
What is Third Person Point of View?
100
Gives the qualities of one thing to something that is quite different without using the words "like" or "as."
Example: The winter wind is a wolf howing at the door.
What is a metaphor?
100
The characters in a play.
What is a cast of characters?
100
This type of poetry does not rhyme or have a regular meter-free from most structural elements.
What is free verse?
100
Tells what the passage is mostly about. You can use supporting details to figure out what this is.
What is the main idea?
200
The narrator does participate in the action of the story. This viewpoint uses the pronoun "I".
What is First Person Point of View?
200
A comparison between two distinctly different things using the words "like" or "as."
Example: Yesterday was like a nightmare!
What is a simile?
200
Provides information such as the time and place of the story or a description of the setting. They may describe a character's feelings and actions.
What are stage directions?
200
A set of lines in a poem, set apart from other sets of lines by space.
What is a stanza?
200
The message or lesson of a story-the deeper meaning. It usually centers on a big issue that explores the nature of people or the meaning of life.
What is theme?
300
The narrator knows everything about all the characters.
What is Omniscient?
300
A bold overstatement or exaggeration used to stress an idea.
Example: There are ten million calories in that cupcake.
What is an hyperbole?
300
The lines spoken between characters in a drama. It is the main vehicle in which plot, character, and other elements are established in a play.
What is dialouge?
300
This is the place where a line of poetry ends, unguided by traditional punctuation conventions. They often affect meaning in the poem.
What are line breaks?
300
Readers make these by drawing conclusions, making generalizations, and making predictions. They require a reader's prior knowledge and text evidence.
What is an inference?
400
The narrator's knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor.
What is Limited Omniscient Point of View?
400
Giving life or human attributes to inanimate objects.
Example: Justice is blind.
What is personification?
400
A longer drama may be divided into sections called...
What are acts?
400
The pattern of rhyming lines.
What is rhyme scheme?
400
Restates and connects the main idea and the important details. It is a reduction of large sections of text to their essential points and main ideas.
What is a summary?
500
"I hate to burst your bubble, but you're really not as scary as you think you are. I don't find you scary at all, actually," I lied casually.
This quote is from a book written in _______ point of view.
What is first person point of view?
500
The use of words to create pictures, or images, in your mind.
Appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
500
Acts may be divided into smaller sections called....
What are scenes?
500
The atmosphere, or emotion, in the poem created by the poet. The author's purpose helps determine this.
What is mood?
500
The basic sequence of events in a story. In conventional stories it has 3 main parts: rising action, climax, and falling action.