1. Write each word on a separate index card
Alliteration
Assonance
Audience
Comedy
Context Clues
Dialogue
Drama
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Imagery
Memoir
Metaphor
Mood
Onomatopoeia
Personification
First person point of view
Third person omniscient point of view
Third person limited point of view
Rhyme scheme
Sonnet
Stanza
Stereotype
Symbol
Tone

2. Check your definitions
Alliteration - the repetition of initial sounds (ex. Tic Tac Toe)
Assonance - the VOWEL sounds repeat (ex. Mad hatter)
Audience – the people who encounter a work of art
Comedy – in general, a story that ends happily
Context Clues – using the words and phrases around an unknown word to infer its meaning
Dialogue - conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie
Drama – a story that is written as a play
Foreshadowing – clues that hint at what is going to happen next
Hyperbole – intentionally exaggerated figure of speech
Imagery - word pictures, using words to create a “virtual reality”for the reader. The poet wants you to be able to see, hear, feel, taste and smell what they are talking about.
Memoir – an autobiography focused on only one time or event
Metaphor - figure of speech that implies comparisons

3. Mood - the emotional atmosphere produced by an author’s use of language
Onomatopoeia - the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (ex. cuckoo, sizzle)
Personification - figure of speech that applies human characteristics to non-human objects
First person point of view - the narrator is a character in the story and uses first person pronouns such as I, me, and we.
Third person omniscient point of view - “All knowing”– one character sees all, hears all, and knows all
Third person limited point of view – the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character
Rhyme scheme - the pattern of rhyme used in a poem, generally indicated by matching lowercase letters to show which lines rhyme
Sonnet – a 14 line poem usually written in iambic pentameter
Stanza - the paragraphs a poem is divided into
Stereotype – a character who conforms to preconceived ideas about a group or type of person
Symbol – a person, place, thing, or event that stands both for iteself and for something beyond itself.
Tone – the author’s attitude toward his subject