It's Lit(erature)
For the Plot
Poetry
Elements of Literature
Vocab
100

A feature included in gothic literature

What is...

wild and remote places 

dark and gloomy settings 

graveyards, tombs, corpses, death, etc. 

family curses and dark secrets 

supernatural powers and/or interference 

mysterious and frightening creatures and/or people 

old, ruined, isolated castles and/or mansions, often with secret passages and mysterious towers 

nightmares, madness and mental torment science used for evil or disastrous purposes 

worrying and unusual events (storms, full moons, etc.)

100

the turning point. The most exciting moment.

what is the climax?

100

a common type of literary element used in poetry.

What is....

metaphor

imagery

rhyme scheme

alliteration

meter

100

The element that describes the structure of a story; shows an arrangements of events 

what is plot?

100

a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author

what is tone?

200

a brief fictional narrative with a fully developed theme

what is a short story?
200

the conclusion; the tying together of all threads

what is the resolution?
200

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

what is a stanza?

200

a person or player in a story

what is a character?

200

the part of the general public interested in something

whwat is the audience?

300
the father of gothic literature

Who is Edgar Allan Poe?

300

the series of conflicts leading up to the high point.

What is the rising action?

300

mental picture which are created by word descriptions

what is imagery?

300

clues used to alert the reader about events that will happen in the future

what is foreshadowing?

300

a means of communication by the use of sounds or symbols

what is language?

400

a category or works characterized by style, form, or content

what is a genre?

400

all of the events following the high point.

what is the falling action?

400

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse

What is rhyme scheme?

400

the meaning of a story

what is the theme?

400

a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence

what is inference?

500

"nemo me impune lacessit," or "no one attacks me with impunity"


What is the Montresor family motto?

500

the start of the story. How it is before the action gets started.

what is exposition?

500

Step ____: Take notes on the elements of form in the poem (stanza, rhyme scheme, pattern).


What is step 2 of poetry annotation?

500

repeated consonant sound at the beginning of words or within words, usually with three words (i.e. green glass door)

what is alliteration

500

the form of a word after all affixes are removed

what is a root word?