Big Ideas
The voice or persona telling a story.
What is a narrator?
Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is like another.
What is a simile?
One row of words in a poem.
What is a line?
A reference to something outside a text.
What is an allusion?
Undergoes a significant change throughout a narrative.
What is a dynamic character?
The act of giving human qualities to a non-human object, emotion, or entity.
What is personification?
The repetition of similar sound between words or the ending of words.
What is rhyme?
The associated feelings or ideas that a particular word evokes.
What is connotation?
The level of access the narrator has to the thoughts and feelings of the characters, affecting how a story is told.
What is point of view?
Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Poetry that does not follow expected or predictable patterns.
What is open form poetry?
Remains unchanged throughout the course of a narrative.
What is a static character?
A tangible object that represents something intangible or abstract.
What is a symbol?
The voice in a poem.
What is a speaker?
Poetry with not strict meter or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse poetry?
The narrators inner thoughts and view on the world, characters, and events.
What is perspective?
Compares two unlike things without directly stating the comparison.
What is an implied metaphor?
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables to create rhythm.
What is meter?
Poetry that sticks to predictable patterns and structures.
What is closed form poetry?