Figurative Phrases & Metaphoric Marvels
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words as like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a metaphor?
An individual in a story or a play.
What is a character?
The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
A story in which a heroic character either dies or comes to some other unhappy end.
What is a tragedy?
A speaker or writer's choice of words.
What is diction?
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts or attitudes.
What is personification?
The central character in a story.
What is a protagonist?
The use of language to evoke a picture of a person, thing, place, or experience.
What is imagery?
A story in which an idealized hero or heroine undertakes a quest and is successful.
What is a romance?
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggest its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
A word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse.
The series of related events in a story or play, also call the story line.
What is a plot?
In general, a discrepancy between appearances and reality; there are three types- verbal, situational, and dramatic.
What is irony?
A formal treatment of a subject, written or spoken- there are four major forms: description, exposition, narrative, and persuasion.
What is discourse?
A way of speaking that is characteristic of a social group or of a certain geographical area.
What is dialect?
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms.
What is an oxymoron?
The reasons for a character's behavior.
What is motivation?
Writing that makes fun of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about change.
What is satire?
A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
What is an allegory?
A rise and fall of the voice produced by stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is rhythm?
An elaborate metaphor or other figure of speech that compares two things that are shockingly different.
What is conceit?
A character who acts in contrast to another character.
What is a foil?
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close together.
What is assonance?
A long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
The repetition of words or phrases with similar grammatical structures.
What is parallel structure?