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Poetry
Literary
Rhythm and Language
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100
The reason why an author writes a piece of text in a particular style.
What is author's purpose?
100
A word in which the spelling imitates the sound that the word makes (pop, fizz, sizzle).
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The character that goes against the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
100
Repeating consonants at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
100
The struggle between a character and an outside force like other characters, nature, society, supernatural, etc.
What is external conflict?
200
The unifying element of the story that ties all the elements together; the main idea.
What is central idea?
200
The repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, usually at the end of a sentence or line of poetry.
What is rhyme?
200
The original example that others are patterned after; a recurring symbol or motif.
What is archetype?
200
Spoken words (conversation) between characters that are offset into new paragraphs with quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
200
The struggle between a character and his or her self, which usually revolves around a difficult decision.
What is internal conflict?
300
The reason a character does something or behaves in a particular way.
What is motivation?
300
A strong, repeated pattern of sounds.
What is rhythm?
300
An interruption in the plot to tell the events of something that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
300
Descriptive words and phrases that use the five senses to help the reader picture what is happening.
What is imagery?
300
When and where the story takes place?
What is setting?
400
The plot events and conflicts in a story that lead up to the most exciting point.
What is rising action?
400
A pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of poetry.
What is rhyme scheme?
400
Hints in the story to help the reader understand what might happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
400
When an author gives non-human things (tree, chair, etc.) human like qualities (talk, kiss, dance).
What is personification?
400
Typically the main character or "good guy" of the story who progresses the plot.
What is protagonist?
500
The ending of a text where loose ends of the plot are tied up.
What is resolution?
500
Something that represents or stands for something else, usually an abstract idea (American flag represents freedom).
What is symbol?
500
A story or play that ends in a death or upsetting situation.
What is tragedy?
500
A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is simile?
500
The feeling of anxiety, excitement, or uncertainty that an author creates as the reader waits for an unexpected outcome.
What is suspense?