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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 happy clouds danced over our heads
What is personification?
100
a story that deals with gods and goddesses, explain natural events, and provides lessons about good and bad behavior
What is a myth?
100
meaning of Greek root word "oct"
What is eight?
200
the term used for the author of a drama or play
What is a playwright?
200
The point of view that The Outsiders is told in
What is first person point of view?
200
Example - He is as brave as a lion
What is a simile?
200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama?
200
What are the parts of our READ strategy?
R ead the title, captions and headings. Make predicition/connection. Fiction? Non-Fiction? E njoy the text. Read. A nnotate the text. Two words-who? What? D etermine what the question is asking.Circle the action verb. Show proof from the text.
300
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore
What is alliteration?
300
Name the two parts of the exposition
What are character and setting?
300
example: It cost an arm and a leg.
What is an idiom?
300
stories that include princes and princesses, involve magic, happen long ago, involve objects and events in threes
What is a fairy tale?
300
The most exciting part of the plot or turning point
What is the climax?
400
form of poetry when the author places the words on the page in a pattern to create imagery
What is concrete poetry?
400
a struggle within a character or person
What is internal conflict?
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400
stories include: -Events that occur outside the ordinary laws that operate within the universe. -Magic is central -stories often involve journeys and quests.
What is fantasy?
400
when an author changes the tone or attitude of the poem
What is a shift?
500
Name three connotative devices
What is : imagery metaphors similes idioms symbolism point of view sound devices?
500
What is the first step in a hero's journey?
What is the ordinary world?
500
example-Grandpa is older than dirt.
What is hyperbole?
500
a story that usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved.
What is a mystery?
500
stories that include hyperbole, main character has a problem to solve, main character is bigger than life, and is funny/impossible
What is a tall tale?