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• Rhythm: the pattern created by
arranging stressed and unstressed
syllables

Play Plays are dramatic works intended for performance by
actors on a stage, often described in terms of types,
such as classical, tragedy, or comedy. They are
generally written in one to three acts and convey
action through the use of dialogue with minimal stage
directions. Plays often interact with an environment
(stage, space, a live audience) to convey meaning.

Prose Prose writing is fiction or nonfictional works that
attempt to mirror the language of everyday speech.
Prose can be any length—a short story or novel. The
word prose comes from the Latin prosa, meaning
straightforward and reflects the type of writing this
form embodies.

Review

• Authors use careful word choice and description to set the tone or mood of a story.
• Figurative language refers to an author’s use of a word or phrase that is not intended for
literal interpretation.
• Dialogue consists of the words a character says; diction is the particular way he or she
says it.
• Allegories are stories or poems in which an author uses animals or objects to represent
moral, political, or religious meaning.
• Symbolism refers to an author’s use of a motif to represent a story’s subtext.
• Alliteration refers to the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more words or
syllables.
• Hyperbole is an exaggeration, usually with humor.
• Metaphors are comparisons between two things using one kind of object in place of
another to suggest the likeness between the two.
• Personification is language that endows objects or nature with human qualities.
• Simile refers to an author’s use of "like" or "as" in a comparison.
• Literary genres are divided into poetry, prose, and drama, with sub-categories within
those classifications.
• Plays are dramatic works intended for performance by actors on a stage.
• Poetry is literature written in metrical verse.
• Prose is fiction and nonfiction that attempts to mirror the language of everyday speech.

Recommended Resources

7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! (Susan Zimmermann and Chryse
Hutchins): Three Rivers Press, 2003.

Books to Build On: A Grade by Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers. (E.D. Hirsch, Jr., and
John Holdren, ed.): Dell Publishing Company, 1996.