Coach Walker Language Arts Review

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience

Person, place, or object that stands for something beyond and greater than itself.

Obvious exaggeration. A figure of speech not intended to be taken literally 

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

The struggle between opposing forces

A speech given by a character alone on stage, for the benefit of the audience.

A group of lines in a poem

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Words that echo a sound from nature. (e.g., ring, meow, tinkle, buzz).

The element of plot where the story begins to draw to a close

Struggle between a literary character and an outside force such as nature or another character

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

The events that make up a story

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. (She sells seashells by the seashore)

The main unit of a poem.

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

Type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

Stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.  

Statement of belief or feeling

Words with similar meanings.

Gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

A category or class of literature

Word part that appears at the beginning of a word or root.

Comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.

A pattern of end rhyme designated by letters of the alphabet.

Qualities shown by the character.  May be inferred or directly stated by the author.

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

An opinion piece that usually appears in the opinion section of a newspaper

The time and place of the action in a story.

A word part that came to English from an older language

Ideas and feelings associated with a word.

Growing tension and excitement of a story felt by the reader.

Central or main idea of a piece of writing.  Usually a message about life or human nature.

The reasons for the character’s behavior

Traditional story that attempts to explain human nature, creation, or nature and has a moral.

A story that can be online, in print, or broadcast on television

Instructions for how the drama is to be performed in front of an audience, often in parenthesis

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of a poem.

A brief retelling of the main points of a story or text

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

The point in the plot that shows the final outcome of the conflict

Story’s greatest moment of intensity, turning point where conflict is resolved