Poetry
Figurative Languge
Randomness
Literary Terms
Literary Terms II
100
The paragraphs of poetry; what is numbered in each paragraph, usually numbered in fives
What is stanza and line
100
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration
100
Billy and Bob _______ getting ready to go to the store.
What is are
100
The bad guy in the story; the opposite of the hero
What is antagonist
100
To analyze and determine what is the same about two things
What is compare
200
Good readers are able to visualize what they are reading in their head..
What is mental image
200
Your hair is as straight as a bone.
What is simile
200
If you are looking for ____ elevator they are down the hall to the left.
What is an
200
The struggle between two opposing forces. May be internal or external.
What is conflict
200
To analyze and determine what is different about two things.
What is contrast
300
What is the attitude of the text called?
What is tone
300
Jermaine is such a pig!
What is metaphor
300
Red & Read
What is homophone
300
Conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue
300
Series of events that happen in a story. Including exposition, rising action, plot, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot
400
What is the tone? I don't like my parents! They bug me about chores, the bug me about homework! I just wish they would disappear; then I wouldn't have to worry...
What is angry, mad
400
The leaves and flower petals danced in the wind.
What is personification
400
What is the point of view? I am going to go crazy if I hear one more drumming lesson!
What is first person
400
What are the " " around a person's words
What are quotation marks
400
The Good guy in the story; the one that we are cheering for.
What is protagonist
500
How does the poem or text make you feel? (Not the tone.)
What is mood
500
I haven't seen you in a million years!
What is hyperbole
500
I love my job! I am around what I enjoy the most all day! From encyclopedias to Bibles to novels to magazines. I have to tell people to be quiet a lot! I mean, who can really get what they need to get done with a lot of distractions like that? Use inferences to figure out what her occupation is?
What is librarian
500
The author's underlying message, what they want you to get from the text.
What is theme
500
This includes all the methods by which an author creates a character: descriptions, conversations, what others say about him, how he acts, how people treat him, etc.
What is characterization