Poetry
A type of long narrative poem that features conflicts between heroes and gods as the protagonist travels on his journey.
What is an epic poem?
A long work of fiction that is usually presented in segments or chapters.
What is a novel?
Tells a person's story of their own real life events.
What is a memoir?
The genre of drama that includes a hero's downfall or deaths of one or more major characters.
What is a tragedy?
This explorer journalist took a 600-mile kayak trip down the Niger River to Timbuktu.
Who is Kira Salak?
A common trait of poetry that is not required, but often used in shorter, lyrical poems.
What is a rhyme scheme?
The author uses this point-of-view to tell the story using pronouns such as "he, she, or they".
What is third person point-of-view?
A type of writing that uses details related to the senses to create mental images.
What is descriptive writing?
A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character on stage while other characters remain silent.
What is a monologue?
The epic hero found in the narrative "The Odyssey" was call Odysseus and was written by this author.
Who was Homer?
Poetry that tells a story, involving events, characters, and personal accounts.
What is a narrative poem?
Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution are all elements of this.
What is a plot?
Compare/contrast, problem/solution, description, and chronological are all examples of this.
What is text structure?
A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience rather than the characters.
What is an aside?
This author created a famous drama about two star-crossed lovers.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A poem that is 14 lines, usually written in iambic pentameter, and are about love.
What is a sonnet?
This element is found as a hint of things to come, typically found in a suspenseful story.
What is foreshadowing?
This is the author's attitude toward the subject or reader that is shown through word choice.
What is the tone?
Speeches given by the multiple characters in order to tell the story.
What is dialogue?
This memoir story was written by the Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel about his experiences in a concentration camp.
This is often used in poetry to express emotions, descriptions, or ideas without being literal.
What is figurative language?
A story narrated by an outside observer and is all knowing of the characters thoughts and feelings.
What is third-person omniscient?
A type of writing that provides reasons and evidences to convince the reader to act or think in a certain way.
What is persuasive/argumentative writing?
An example of this literary device is when Romeo didn't know Juliet was not actually dead.
What is dramatic irony?
This character was the dramatic foil to Shakespeare's Romeo.
Who is Benvolio?