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Figurative Language
Author's Purpose
Point of view
Elements of Plot
Poetry & Drama
100
Uses like or as to compare two things.
What is a Simile?
100
when an author writes for someone to enjoy it
What is entertain
100

The perspective from which the story is told.

What is point of view

100
the problem faced by a character
What is conflict?
100

A Drama is meant to be _______________ because it is a ______.

What is performed and play?

200
Does not use like or as.
What is Metaphor?
200
when an author tries to convince the reader to believe in something
What is persuade
200
Uses you and your.
What is 2nd person?
200

the very last part of the story

What is resolution?

200

This is the speaking parts of a play.

What is dialogue?

300

The repetition of beginning sounds

What is alliteration?

300
when an author wants you to know something or teach you about something
What is inform?
300

What uses they, their, and them.

What 3rd person?

300

when the outcome of the conflict is decided, or when the conflict has been confronted.

What is climax?

300
The "narrator" of a poem is called this.

What is the Speaker?

400
"The stars will cry the blackest tears tonight.
What is personification?
400
Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed. The author's purpose is to?
What is entertain?
400

Uses the name of the characters.

What is 3rd person?

400

the chain of events that tells us what happens in a story

What is plot?

400

Teacher: (sitting down in her chair) Is everyone ready for the test tomorrow?


Explain how you can identify the stage directions.

They are in parenthesis and italicized 

500

The truth is stretched into a very large exaggeration

What is Hyperbole?

500
The giant panda is a bearlike animal that has thick white fur with black markings on its ears, limbs, shoulders, and around its eyes. The giant panda feeds on bamboo forests at high altitudes in western China. It also eats bulbs, roots, eggs, and some small mammals. The cubs are born in late winter. The giant panda is an endangered species and is protected by the Chinese government. Purpose?
What is inform?
500

What uses we, our, my and gives the thoughts and feelings of the narrator because they are a character in the story.

What is 1st person?

500

The step in our plot diagram where the conflict and characters are developed accompanied by leading events.

What is rising action?

500

Poetry uses many forms of figurative language. Name 5 examples of figurative language you may see in a poem.

Personification, hyperbole, imagery, simile, metaphor, alliteration, idiom, onomatopoeia