Language Arts Review

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

The time and place of the action in a story.

A group of lines in a poem

The struggle between opposing forces

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

Word that describes or modifies a verb or action.

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

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

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

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

The most important idea about a topic a writer conveys

The element of plot that presents complications that intensify

Who the author is directing the writing towards.

Repetition of sounds at the end of words.

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

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

A 14 line poem with a specific pattern of rhyme.

Words with similar meanings.

Form of literature meant to be performed by actors.  

The main unit of a poem.

A category or class of literature

a logical guess based on evidence presented in a text. 

The mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character.

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

Statement of belief or feeling

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

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

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

How words are arranged on the page in a poem

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

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

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

The events that make up a story

Word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

Video discussion between an interviewer and interviewee

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

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

The reasons for the character’s behavior

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

A pair of lines that rhyme in a poem

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

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

Plot element that introduces characters and setting, presents the conflict

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

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.

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

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