Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Potpourri
100

In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.

What is dialogue

100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100

Example - The tree danced in the breeze

What is personification

100

A story that has gods, goddesses, and may explain something about nature

What is a myth

100

The parts that a word is broken into Example - cel*lo*phane

What are syllables

200

Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis

What are stage directions

200
The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur
What is foreshadowing
200

Example - The earth is a green blanket

What is a metaphor

200

Includes stage directions and dialogue

What is drama

200

When looking at a dictionary definition, this part of the entry helps you do what? example - [sel-uh-feyn]

What is pronounce the word (pronunciation)

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme
300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300

Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.

What is a simile

300

A story that takes place during a particular time period in the past

What is historical fiction

300

Describing a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.

What is summarizing

400
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
400

A struggle between two opposing forces - usually between a protagonist and an antagonist and happens during the climax of a story

What is conflict

400

Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"

What is onomatopoeia

400

Text that explain known facts about specific topics

What is informational

400

Opinion that can be proven with evidence

What is a claim

500

Like a paragraph in a story; group of lines in a poem

What is a stanza

500

The part of the story that reveals the outcome and how the story's problems were solved; #5 on the plot diagram

What is resolution

500

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect 

Example - Joe carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. 

What is hyperbole

500

A story about someone's life not written by that person

What is a biography

500

Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning

What are context clues