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Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Potpourri
100
Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions
100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100

A text that has a setting, characters, a plot, and is made up

What is fiction

100
The parts that a word is broken into Example - cel*lo*phane
What are syllables
200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue
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 reading a text, it is the author's attitude

What is tone

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

Has stanzas, may rhyme and uses graphic elements

What is a poetry

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
What is conflict
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400

In different genres, it is the way the author writes a text (compare/contrast, cause/effect, chronological, problem/solution, proposition/support)

What is text organization

400
Can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources
What is a factual claim
500
The main unit of a poem; varies in length.
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
What is imagery
500

A story about someone's life

What is a biography

500
Words, phrases, or sentences around a word that help determine an unknown word's meaning
What are context clues