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Point of View
Non-Fiction
Drama
Literary Devices
Miscellaneous
100

The speaker of a piece of literature

What is narrator?

100
When an author's purpose is to provide enjoyment for the reader, this is his/her purpose.
What is to entertain?
100
The written form of a play.
What is a script?
100
language that appeals to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery?
100
central message or lesson of a literary work
What is theme?
200

Point of view that uses words such as "I, me, and my"

What is first person?

200
When an author's goal is to teach about something, this is his/her purpose.
What is to inform?
200
Small segments of a play that focus on one incident at one setting.
What is a scene?
200
a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things or ideas by using like or as
What is a simile?
200
the author's attitude toward a subject
What is tone?
300
Point of view that address the reader directly.
What is second person?
300
When an author is trying to convince the reader to do or believe something, this is his/her purpose.
What is to persuade?
300
The author of a play.
What is a playwright?
300
repetition of the beginning sound of a word
What is alliteration?
300
a "recap" of literature given in the reader's own words; covers beginning, middle, and end
What is a summary?
400
point of view in which the narrator is not a character in the story but can see into the mind of one of the characters.
What is third-person limited?
400
An arguable statement made by the author.
What is a claim?
400
Major division of a play that is made up of many smaller segments.
What is an act?
400
words that express more than just their literal meaning
What is figurative language?
400
the beginning of the story; introduces the setting, characters, and problem
What is exposition?
500
point of view in which the narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can see into the minds of all the characters in the story
What is third-person omniscient?
500
This sentence reveals the main or controlling idea of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
500
These are the italicized words in a drama that describe the unspoken parts of a play.
What are stage directions?
500
a reference to a famous person, event or work of literature
What is allusion?
500
to use details and what you already know to make an educated guess
What is to infer?