Fiction
not just a problem with another character. It can be a struggle a character faces
What is Conflict
What is an Antagonist
an antagonist is a character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character
The speaker’s attitude. The poet’s attitude. It’s all about how they feel about the subject of the poem.
What is tone?
a change in mood or attitude that is typically accompanied by a corresponding change in the focus and language of a literary scene, passage or theme.
Sometimes specific words, such as “but,” “yet” or “and yet,” will indicate a shift in a poem.
What is a shift in poetry?
what the story is all about.
What is the Central Idea?
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
What is Personification?
to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or lines in a poem
DRIP DRIP DRIP
What Is Repetition?
A group of lines in a poem
What Is A Stanza?
the universal message that can be taken away/learned from that work
What Is Theme?
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How does imagery help us understand the story?
Puts a picture in the reader's mind and uses one or more of our 5 senses? ( see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see)?
What is Alliteration
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity to each other. This repetition of sounds brings attention to the lines in which it is used.
Example: Wicked Women of the West
location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place
What is a Protagonist
A protagonist is the central or main character the story is centered around them
A metaphor is a rhetorical figure of speech that compares two subjects without the use of “like” or “as.”
Example: Laughter is the music for the soul
What is a Metaphor?
is the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud.
What is a Speaker?
It’s the turning point of a story characters react to new information leading into the falling action
What is the Climax?
What is foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story
Simile is an explicit comparison between two unlike things through the use of connecting words, usually “like” or “as.”
Example: Her smile sparkled as bright as the sun.
What is A Simile?
The time and the place of the piece
What is the Occassion in poetry?