Figurative Language
Type of figurative language that uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
What is a simile?
What is dialogue?
The time and place in which the events of the plot unfold.
What is setting?
The events that take place in a story
What is plot?
Used to quote things directly from the text.
What are quotation marks?
" "
Figurative language type where an animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities.
What is personification?
The instructions written by the playwright to describe the appearance and actions of the characters as well as the sets, props, costumes, sound effects, and lighting.
What are stage directions?
The emotional atmosphere or feeling that the author creates for the reader.
What is mood?
The story's end where everything is wrapped up.
What is a story's resolution?
Details from the text used to make an inference or draw a conclusion.
What is text evidence?
Her smile was as bright as the sun on a clear summer day is a this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
A story written to be performed by actors before an audience.
What is a drama?
What is used when we quote things directly from the text?
The most critical moment in the story.
What is the climax?
The one the story revolves around and who usually has a problem to solve.
Who is the protagonist?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse is this type of figurative language.
What is a hyperbole?
Principal Abrego: Am I right in saying you are some sort of detective, young though you are?
What is dialogue?
What are the five author's purposes we discussed?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Explain
Describe
The story's start, where characters and the setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The character who opposes the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
Her laughter was music to his ears is this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
Mickey (sighs in relief):
What are stage directions?
"The detective carefully examined the mysterious clues, trying to decipher their meaning." What does the word "decipher" mean in this sentence?
A. To confuse and mislead
B. To destroy and erase
C. To understand and interpret
D. To ignore and overlook
C. To understand and interpret
The action and events that build up to the critical moment.
What is the rising action?
An individual in a literary work of fiction, drama, or narrative poetry.
What is a character?