Literary Elements
What is setting?
The time and place in which a story occurs.
The narrator tells the story using "I" or "we".
What is First Person Point of View?
All of the characters, usually portrayed by actors
What is Cast?
What does the acronym P.I.E stands for?
Persuade, Inform and Entertain
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
What is the plot?
What happens in the story (Beginning, Middle, End)
First, then, next, finally are examples of what text structure?
What is sequence?
The text of the play
What is script?
The purpose when the author wants you to agree with them or take action, like an advertisement
What is to persuade?
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is tone?
The author's attitude toward the subject or audience
A made-up story that could happen in real life
What is Realistic Fiction?
The action that takes place in a single setting
What is scene?
A true story about a historical event.
What is to inform?
"It's raining cats and dogs"... is an example of what?
What is an idiom?
What is conflict?
A problem that the characters face during a story.
What is the text structure below? A paperback and a Kindle are both ways to read a book. Paperbacks take up a lot of space on your shelf, but one Kindle can hold thousands of books.
What is Compare and Contrast?
What is stage direction?
Written instructions telling the actors what to do.
A recipe or instructions on how to build a birdhouse would fall under this purpose.
What is to explain?
"Boom! Pop! Crack!" are examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
What is mood?
The feeling or atmosphere created by a story
Words spoken by characters, shown with quotation marks
What is dialogue?
A chapter in a play that contains more than one scene.
What is an Act?
Novels, Comedy, Poetry & Comic Books
What is to entertain?
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.
What is Alliteration?