This is a work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience.
What is drama?
100
The patterns of rhyme between lines of a poem. Example: AABBC or ABAB
What is Rhyme Scheme?
100
Hints or clues of the future of a story.
What is Foreshadowing?
100
The author presents ideas, events in time, or facts as causes and the resulting effect(s) or facts that happened as a result of an event.
What is cause and effect text structure?
100
Example: "She flew like a fairy."
What is simile?
200
A list of characters that tells you who is in the play.
What is Cast of Characters?
200
Group of lines arranged together in a poem.
What is Stanza?
200
The major problem and tension in the story (what the main character has to deal with).
What is conflict?
200
The author presents a problem and one or more solutions to the problem.
What is problem and solution text structure?
200
Example: "I am so hungry I can eat a horse," Brook said.
What is hyperbole?
300
This gives instructions to actors that explain how the actors should move and talk, makes readers aware of changes in time and place, and provides a list of characters.
What is stage directions?
300
A reference to a well-known person, event, place, work of art, etc.
What is an Allusion?
300
The message or life lesson of the story.
What is theme?
300
The author describes a topic by listing characteristics, features, and examples.
What is Description text structure?
300
Example: Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything.
What is allusion?
400
The interaction between characters in a drama. Also known as the words characters say.
What is dialogue?
400
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.
What is alliteration?
400
How the story makes the reader feel.
What is mood?
400
The author lists items or events in numerical or chronological sequence, either obvious or implied.
What is Sequence text structure?
400
Example: The chocolate chips melted in my mouth.
What is Imagery-Taste?
500
The part of the play that gives the audience background information and a summary of the events leading up to an act or scene.
What is Introduction?
500
The organization of a poem.
What is Poetic Structure?
500
How the author sounds or comes off to the reader.
What is tone?
500
Information is presented by detailing how two or more events, concepts, theories, or things are alike and/or different.
What is Compare/Contrast text structure?
500
Example: I smelled the scent of vanilla and cinnamon wafting through the air.