Vocab
Hyperbole
An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point
Plot mountain
The plot of the story is the sequence of events that make up a story
Setting is the...
place or surroundings of the story
Bio
Life
Rhyme
A similarity of sound in words with the same number of syllables.
Metaphor
Compares two things by stating that one is another.
Thesis tells..
the reader how you will interpret the subject matter under discussion
Summary is...
short description of the main point of the story
Act
To move or do
Stanza
A paragraph made of lines
Personification
Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals or ideas.
Figurative Language
Use of words with complicated meanings
Theme tells us..
the author's message or lesson
Astro
Star
Prose is a...
a form of language that does not rhyme and is not metrical. It is not poetry
Analogy
Definition: A comparison between two things
Dialogue represents..
a conversation between two or more characters in the story
Pac
Peace
Rhyme scheme
The ordered pattern of rhyme at the end of a line of poetry.
Micropachycephalosaurus
Definition: The smallest dinosaur
Text Structure is..
how the information is organized for the reader
Manu
Hand
Haiku
a poetic form that contains three lines, five syllables