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Story Elements (Review)
Sound Devices
Figurative Language
Form
Analyzing Poetry
100
The time and place of a story
What is "setting"?
100
The "beats" of a poem
What is "rhythm"?
100
A comparison of two things using like or as
What is simile?
100
Poems that do not rhyme or have a set form.
What is free verse?
100
What is the first thing you do before analyzing a poem or answering questions about it?
What is "set up the text"?
200
The message, lesson, or big idea in a story
What is "theme"?
200
When words at the ends of lines have the same vowel sound
What is "rhyming"?
200
A figurative comparison of two things without using like or as
What is metaphor?
200
Poems that are performed and not necessarily written down
What is spoken word poetry or slam poetry?
200
One thing you can do to "set up the text" when analyzing a poem
What is number lines; label margins; or look at the form?
300
The events that happen in a story
What is "plot"?
300
When several words start with the same sound back to back
What is "alliteration"?
300
An exaggeration used for figurative affect
What is hyperbole?
300
Groups of lines in a poem
What is stanza?
300
If a poet "breaks the rules" with capitalization, punctuation, or any other traditional forms you should...
What is "Ask yourself why?"
400
The main character in a story
What is "protagonist"?
400
Sound words like "buzz," "quack," and "POW!"
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When a non-human object is described as having human qualities
What is personification?
400
When a line of poetry stops
What is line break?
400
One thing I look for on my second, sloooooow, close read of a poem is...
What is figurative language; clarifications; "Aha!" moments; analyses; summarizations?
500
The person who goes against the protagonist in a story
What is "antagonist"?
500
Dis is when a poet spell words de way dey would say dem due to an accent or other effect on deir voice
What is dialect?
500
Common sayings that have entered our cultural vocabulary
What are idioms?
500
What word do we use to describe the structure of a poem?
What is form?
500
A change in tone, form, or diction (word choice)
What is "shift"?