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Poetry/Drama
Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Genres
Potpourri
100
Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions
100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100
A story that has gods, goddesses, and may explain something about nature
What is a myth
100

This can be used to help when you get stuck on what a word means, and it can help you with pronunication.

What is a dictionary?

200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue
200

When an author uses a memory or event from the past to interrupt the current story.

What is flashback?

200
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is a metaphor
200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama
200

They are used for compound sentences.

What are FANBOYS?

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme
300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
300

A created story that seems like real life with real life problems and characters.

What is realistic fiction?

300

Describing the beginning, middle, and end of something you read.

What is summarizing?

400

The feelings an author creates for the reader through their use of language. It is usually either positive or negative.

What is mood?

400
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400

This genre includes a real event that happened in history, but the story around the real history event is created.

What is historical fiction?

400
Every claim requires this type of support.

What is evidence?

500

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is alliteration?

500

The 6 parts of plot in a fiction story.

What are exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

500

This IXL is going to take me forever to finish.

What is a hyperbole?

500
A story about someone's life
What is a biography
500

Although, because, while, and even though are examples.

What are AAAWWUBBIS words for complex sentences?