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Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
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Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions
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The message or lesson of a story

What is theme

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Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100

What tells a made up story that may or may not be likely to happen in real life?

Fiction

100

Where should you look to help you find words of similar meanings?  (synonyms)

A thesaurus

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

Life is a rollercoaster.


This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

metaphor

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What two elements are included in a setting?

Time and Place

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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
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An educated guess based on evidence from the text combined with your own prior knowledge is.....

Inference

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What is it called when you describe a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences?

Summarizing

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The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
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A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
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Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
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Text that explains, describes, or informs
What is expository
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What does the abbreviation TP-DATT stand for?

Title, Paraphrase, Devices, Attitude, Title, Theme

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What is the author of a play called

A playwright

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The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood
500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
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This car goes faster than the speed of light.

What kind of figurative language is used in the sentence above?

Hyperbole

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

What are context clues