Literary Vocabulary
The moral or lesson in the story
What is theme?
Identify the type of figurative language used here: She was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
What is Climax?
An action word
What is a verb?
First person or third person point of view:
I hopped on my bike and rode to the store to buy my mom a quart of milk.
What is First Person?
When 2 characters in a play have a conversation, this is called___________.
What is dialogue?
Identify the type of figurative language used here:
The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn.
What is a metaphor?
When the setting and characters are introduced.
What is exposition?
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
What is the setting?
Michael bounced his right leg nervously as he sat in the sterilized room. The unwelcoming white walls blinded him, and the smell of harsh cleaning solvents attacked his nostrils.
What is a doctor's office?
Clues in a text to help you determine the meaning of a word.
What is context clues?
Identify the type figurative language used here:
April is the cruelest month of the year.
What is personification?
The solution a story is called the _________.
What is resolution?
When you use prior knowledge and evidence from the text, this is called a/an_____________.
What is an inference?
What POV?
Trey looked out the window. The rain was still pouring down. He threw his baseball glove on the couch with a sigh. The thunder cracked and his phone dinged. Trey picked up the phone. It was a message from his cousin: The game is cancelled because of the weather. Trey didn't reply to the message. He threw the phone back on his bed and rubbed his temples. The rain pattered on the roof.
What is third person ?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
What is the Figurative language?
Susie sold seashells by the seashore.
What is Alliteration?
A series of events in the story that build up to the climax.
Rising Action
Two words that similar meanings
What is a synonym?
What is the author's purpose:
A handbook teaching people how to build a birdhouse
What is to inform/teach?
In drama, these help the reader "see" the scene. They are usually in parenthesis.
What are stage directions?
What is the figurative language?
My teacher told me I was on fire because I got an A on every test this week.
What is Idiom?
All the loose ends are tied up.
Falling Action
Two words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
What is the author's purpose?
We thought the game was over. The buzzer rang and we thought that we had lost, but then the referee blew the whistle. A foul was called and now Derrick had a chance to win the game for us. He stepped up to the free-throw line. The stadium, though filled with people, was completely silent. Everyone was still. Derrick dribbled the ball a couple times. He squared up on the line. Sweat beaded on his forehead. All eyes were on Derrick.
What is to entertain?