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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 or brackets...
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 speech or article that defends someone's claim or attempts to convince...
What is persuasive text?
100
Where should you look to help you find words with similar meanings (synonyms)...
What is a Thesaurus ?
200
In a play, the conversation between characters that advances the plot and reveals conflict...
What is Dialogue?
200
The use of clues by an author that suggest events that will happen later in the story...
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?
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 made up story that may or may not be likely to happen in real life...
What is Fiction?
300
Describing a text's important details and overall meaning in just a few sentences is called...
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 like - "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
Any text that explains, describes, or informs...
What is Expository?
400
These can be proven with data, observations, and reliable sources...
What is a Fact?
500
Paragraphs in a poem are called...
What are Stanzas?
500
The feeling created by the author of a literary work or passage...
What is Tone?
500
Language that paints a picture...
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?