Fiction
the problem in the story
What is CONFLICT?
a person in a story
What is a CHARACTER?
a group of lines in a poem
What is a STANZA?
The reason the author has for writing ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
a speaker or character who tells a story
What is a NARRATOR?
conversation between characters
What is DIALOGUE?
repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
What is REPETITION?
what a piece of writing is mainly about
What is MAIN IDEA?
the perspective from which a story is told
What is POINT OF VIEW?
subdivision of an act in a play indicating changes in location or the passage of time
What are SCENES?
a comparison that doesn't use like or as
What is metaphor?
details that support the main idea of a paragraph
What are SUPPORTING IDEAS?
the narrator is a character in the story and uses I, Me, and We
What is 1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
the author of a play
What is a PLAYWRIGHT?
a comparison using like or as
What is a SIMILE?
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
What is PERSPECTIVE or BIAS?
The narrator is not a character in the story or is not telling their own story.
What is 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
longer divisions of a play
What are ACTS?
how the READER feels about the text while reading
What is MOOD?
A personal view or attitude
What is OPINION?
time and place of a story
What is SETTING?
the dialogue of a play; the words actors say in performance
What are LINES?
the smallest unit of language into which the poem is divided
What is a LINE?
a title or short description of a picture
What is CAPTION?
specific characteristic of an individual
What is a TRAIT?
the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way
What is MOTIVATION?
the pattern of ending sounds in a poem
What is RHYME SCHEME?
a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker
What are QUOTATIONS?
central message that readers can apply to life
What is THEME?
words or phrases that address the five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch
What is SENSORY LANGUAGE or IMAGERY?
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
What is PERSONIFICATION?
a diagram, model, or graph that provides information in an easy-to-read format
What is GRAPHIC FEATURE?
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is SIMILE?
instructions for actors and stage crew
What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
poet's attitude toward the poem's speaker, reader, and subject matter
What is TONE?
Text structure that focuses on similarities and differences.
What is COMPARE AND CONTRAST?
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
What is FORESHADOWING?
strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
What is RHYTHM?
Text structure/organizational pattern that examines an issue and explains and how it was/or could be fixed
What is Organizational Pattern: PROBLEM-SOLUTION
Sequence of events in a story
What is PLOT?
Organizational pattern that presents items or events in the other in which they happened.
What is Organizational Pattern: CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER?
An argument writer's position or opinion on an issue or problem.
What is CLAIM?
A thesis is also known as the author's _____.
What is controlling idea?