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Vocabulary
Elements of Poetry
Story Elements
Expository Text
Figurative Language
100
A lack of thankfulness.
What is ingratitude?
100
When the last words in the lines of a poem convey the same sound.
What is rhyme?
100
It is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is Characterization?
100
An event or series of events happens as a result of another event or series of events (text structure).
What is Cause / Effect?
100
A statement that compares one thing to another "like" or "as".
What is Simile?
200
Something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir.
What is keepsake?
200
When a word, line, or phrase is repeated in a poem more than once.
What is repetition?
200
It is a struggle that takes place between the main chracter and some outside forces.
What is External Conflict?
200
Two or more topics, ideas, or objects are compared in order to provide clarity or a better understanding.
What is Comparison and Contrast?
200
Giving human characteristics, action or quality to a non-living thing.
What is Personification?
300
(n.) A being that must eventually die; (adj.) of or relating to such a being; causing death, fatal; possible, conceivable.
What is mortal?
300
A pattern created within a poem, using long and short sounds, or weak and strong sounds.
What is rhythm?
300
A character that opposes the protagonist in the main body of the story.
What is Antagonist?
300
Presents a problem and the solution or causes people to look for a solution.
What is Problem / Solution?
300
An extreme exaggeration or overstatement.
What is Hyperbole?
400
(v.) To feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do..
What is repent?
400
They are a series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line from others.
What are Stanzas?
400
This is a type of external conflict where the protagonist struggles against the forces of nature.
What is Character vs Nature?
400
Events are in the order they happened or need to happen (Text Structure).
What is sequence?
400
A comparison made between objects without using the words "like" or "as",
What is Metaphor?
500
(v.) To examine closely; to look over quickly but thoroughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem; (n.) an examination.
What is scan?
500
Language enriched by word images and figures of speech.
What is Figurative Language?
500
This external conflict occurs when the main character stands up to support his beliefs and struggles against the social forces.
What is Character vs Society?
500
The author describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing (Text Structure).
What is Description?
500
Several words in a sentence that begin with the same sound or letter.
What is Alliteration?