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Poetry 101
Figurative Language
I know what you SAID, but what did you MEAN?
100
The turning point of a story, when the most exciting/important thing happens.
What is the climax?
100
A non-fiction text in which words are listed alphabetically with their definitions and origins.
What is a dictionary?
100
A group of lines within a poem.
What is a stanza?
100
Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of words, such as the phrase, "Sally sells seashells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
100
When you speak this way, you mean exactly what you said.
What is literal language?
200
The main character of a text.
What is a protagonist?
200
A non-fiction text that provides synonyms and antonyms for commonly-used words. This book helps you avoid redundancy in your writing.
What is a thesaurus?
200
The pattern of rhyme within a poem (such as ABAB or ABCABC) that shows which lines rhyme with each other.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
When you exaggerate in order to emphasize your point, such as the phrase, "We waited in line FOREVER!"
What is hyperbole?
200
When you speak this way, you are implying something other than what you said.
What is figurative language?
300
The section of a story in which action is beginning to happen and anticipation is building.
What is rising action?
300
A set of non-fiction texts (one for each letter of the alphabet) which provide details, history, and other information about many topics. This book is an excellent resource for someone who is writing a report.
What is an encyclopedia (or set of encyclopedias)?
300
The author's specific choice of words, selected to make the audience feel a certain way.
What is diction?
300
Giving human qualities to non-human things, such as in the phrase, "The wind howled angrily, tossing aside branches and toys as it cut through the valley."
What is personification?
300
A saying that gives a bit of wisdom or advice, such as "haste makes waste," or "the early bird gets the worm."
What is a proverb?
400
The person or situation that challenges the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
400
A book of maps. This non-fiction text has been largely replaced by GoogleMaps and AppleMaps.
What is an atlas?
400
The emotional attitude of a passage, poem, or song.
What is tone?
400
When two words that contradict one another are put together, such as "pretty ugly" or "stupid smart."
What is an oxymoron?
400
A cultural saying that doesn't make sense literally, but has a figurative meaning. For example, "don't be a stick in the mud!"
What is an idiom?
500
Without this "element of a story," texts would not be interesting. This is the central problem that propels all of the action in a story and is resolved at the end.
What is conflict?
500
A non-fiction text full of predictive information about the coming year. This book tells you when the sun will rise/set each day and the predicted average temperature/rainfall for each month, as well as providing lists of states, holidays, presidents, and other information.
What is a Farmer's Almanac (or almanac)?
500
The central idea, message, or lesson of a poem.
What is theme?
500
A form of wordplay that utilizes two meanings of the same word, creating a joke that could mean two different things like the phrase, "vacuum cleaners suck!"
What is a pun?
500
When you compare two unlike things and expect the listener to take your statement figuratively rather than literally, such as saying "You're the apple of my eye," or "You light up my life."
What is a metaphor?