Question | Answer |
Imagery | figurative language that appeals to the reader's senses. It can describe any object, thought, or idea. Ex: A host of golden daffodils beside the sparkling lake; fluttering and dancing in the warm breeze. |
Author's Purpose | to persuade, inform, entertain or express (P I E E) |
Haiku | a three line poem that does not have to rhyme. Line one is 5 syllables.
Line two is 7 syllables.
Line three is 5 syllables. |
Metaphor | Compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as". Ex: Lucy was sunshine to her family. |
Protagonist | main character of a story |
Personification | Gives human characteristics to objects, animals, or ideas. Ex: The sun greeted me this morning. |
Resolution | when the problem or conflict is solved, or when the characters come to an agreement that ends the conflict. |
Simile | Describes by comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Ex: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonig to get. |
Cause | WHY something happens. |
Effect | WHAT happens |
Rising Action | In a story's plot are the events where the character attempts to solve the problem (struggles). It may also have events where the problem can become more complicated. |
Dynamic Character | they change in the story. They are well developed and described in detail. |
Flat Character | Seldom change in the story and are not fully developed or described. |
Limerick | five line poem that is often humorious. Lines 1, 2, 5 rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme.Alliteration |
Allertation | literary technique where beginning consonant sounds are repeated in neighboring words. |
Sonnet | A 14 line poem that follows a set rhyming pattern. |
Onomatopoeia | the use of words that sound like their meaning, or sounds. Ex: The burning wood hissed and crackland |
Flashback | A literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal sequence of the story |
Antagonist | The character or force that creats the conflict or problem in the story |
Hyperbole | A literary technique where exaggeration is used to make a point. |