Question | Answer |
what are the two types of characterization | direct, indirect |
the five elements of plot are exposition, climax, , resolution | rising action, falling action |
what is a three lined japenees poem | Haiku |
describe one thing as if it was something else | Metaphors |
in the story ribbons where did the grandmother just come from | Hong-Kong |
gives human qualities to something that is not human | personification |
what happens to loo-Witt when she is sleeping | she erupts |
use like or as to compare two unlike things | similes |
anything that represents something else | symbol |
repetition of constant sounds | alliteration |
use of any element of language more than once | repitition |
how does rikki-tikki feel when he kills karait | cocky, proud |
who is the main character in The Treasure of Lemon Brown | Greg |
How does victor try to impress teresa on the first day of french class | tries to speak French |
what is the repitition of vowel sounds followed by different constanents | Assonance |
what is the repitition of similiar constant sounds | consonance |
what is the use of words that imitate sounds | onomatopeia |
what is the repititionof sounds at the ends of words | Rhyme |
what is the rythmic pattern in a poem | Meter |
wrting or speech not meant to be taken litteraly | Figurative language |
Poems are usually divided into lnes and what | stanzas |
poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single person often in a highly musical verse | lyric |
poetry that tells a story in verse | narrative poems |
Humorous, rhyming, five-line poems with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme. | lymeric |
poems are shaped to look like their subjects. The poet arranges the lines to create a picture on the page. | Concrete |
songlike poems that tell a story, often dealing with adventure and romance | Ballad |
poetry tells a story in verse. Narrative poems often have elements similar to those in short stories, such as plot and characters. | Narrative |
poetry is defined by its lack of strict structure. It has no regular meter, rhyme, fixed line length, or specific stanza pattern. | Free verse |
pairs of rhyming lines, usually of the same meter and length. | Rhyming Couplets |
General name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradicttions. When a story includes irony, something unexpected happens. | Irony |
form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group. The use of dialect gives a short story a more authentic feel and helps a character's words sound more realistic. | dialect |
the use of clues early in a story to hint at events that are going to occur later. | foreshadowing |
the placement of a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to reveal past occurrences. | flasbacks |
the people or animals who take part in a story's action. | characters |
The reason or reasons that explain why characters act as they do. | motivation |
central message expressed in a story. | theme |
recurring theme. A message about life that is expressed in different cultures and time periods. | universal themes |
tools writers often use to enhance their writing. | literary devices. |