Poetry
Literary Elements I
Figurative Language
Literary Elements II
Potpourri
100

The author of the poem

What is a poet

100

The message or lesson of a story

What is theme

100

Example - The tree danced in the breeze

What is personification

100

the person who is telling the story; the speaker

What is a narrator

100

shows how two things are alike/different or how one is better than the other

What is comparison

200

similar to a paragraph, but in a poem

What is stanza

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

where and when the story takes place

What is setting

200
a selection or piece of a longer story or literary work

what is excerpt

300

the person that narrates the poem

What is speaker

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

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

What is summary

300

a beginning or coming into being; example- the start of a word being used

What is origin

400

the repetition of sounds at the end of words

What is rhyme

400

A struggle between two opposing forces

What is conflict

400

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

What is onomatopoeia

400

Descriptive language that attempts to invoke one or more of the five senses.

What is sensory language

400

to reach a conclusion by making an inference

What is conclude

500

The main unit of a poem; like a sentence, but in a poem.

What is a line

500

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

What is mood

500

Language that appeals to the 5 senses and creates an image in your mind 

What is imagery

500

the events that make up a fictional story

What is plot

500

A type of text structure where the author organizes the information by first giving a problem and then providing a solution

What is a Problem-Solution