Figurative Language
This is a comparison of two things not using the words like or as
metaphor
Alex can't decide if he should tell the school counselor about his friend
Conflict
(bonus points for Internal Conflict)
to+ a verb can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb
What is an infinitive?
The beginning of the drama opens up in November 1945. Act 1 Scene 2 begins in July 1942.
This is an example of which literary device?
What is a flashback
“Just accept it will be a bad night, I tell myself. I try not to, but I can’t help thinking of my mother and Prim. (p. 279)
The use of italics indicates:
What is the character's internal thoughts?
This is the point of view this novel is told.
What is first-person point of view?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
This is the way in which a story is told:1st person, 3rd person
Point of View
Haymitch finally got tired of watching us starve.
Identify the verbal in this sentence.
Bonus: Name the type of verbal.
What is watching?
Bonus: it is a gerund
Anne (paying no attention). Everything she does is right, and everything I do is wrong! I’m the goat around here! . . . You’re all against me! . . . And you worst of all!
This is an example of
What is a metaphor?
“And mine. It’s as clear- “We were interrupted by the opening door.
The use of a dash indicates:
What is an interruption?
The reaping is this part of The Hunger Games plot.
What is the inciting incident?
Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects/ideas
Personification
Irony
something that seems opposite to what one expects and is often amusing as a result
"Ah, that will be nice," says Peeta, tightening his arem around me. (p.384)
Identify the verbal.
Bonus for the type of verbal
Tightening
Bonus: Participle
Mrs. Frank. Every time I hear that sound, my heart stops!
This is an example of which figurative language
What is hyperbole?
"...I can hear Haymitch's smug, if slightly exasperated, words, "yes, that's what I am looking for, sweetheart." (p. 382)
The use of ellipse at the beginning of the quote indicates.
Bonus: Italics are used to indiate:
What is an ommision.
Bonus: Emphasis
Today I’ll have to be scrupulously careful. The Careers will know I am trying to locate Peeta.
The word scrupulously means this.
Bonus identify the part of speech
What is Conscientious and exact; painstaking. Synonym: meticulous?
Bonus: Adverb
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions (i.e. BOOM!)
Onomatopoeia
This is the the overall message or lesson of a literary work
Theme
A disturbing thought hits me.
Identify the verbal in the sentence.
Bonus name the type of verbal used
Disturbing
Bonus: Participle
Peter. Quack! Quack! Quack . . . Quack . . . Quack . . .
This is an exampe of figurative language.
What is Onomatopoeia?
“I rip it open at once and inside there’s a feast- fresh rolls, goat cheese, apples, and best of all, a tureen of that incredible lamb stew on wild rice.” (p.302)
The use of a dash in the sentence indicates:
What is to clarify, give a definition, or additional information?
This is the climax of The Hunger Games.
What is the battle with cato and the mutts?
The repetition of a consonant sound in a word/phrase/sentence
Alliteration
This is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work...appeals to the senses
Imagery
"He hasn't made too much effeor to connect with Peeta."
Identify the verbal in this sentence.
Bonus- identify the type of verbal
to connect
Bonus: infinitive
Anne: "Oh, Pim. I dreamed that they came to get us! The Green Police! They broke down the door and grabbed me and started to drag me out the way they did Jopie."
What literary term is being used in the above passage
What is foreshadowing?
The use of a dash can indicate these things.
What is
to set off a list or explanation
to show and interruption
to show an abrupt change of thought.
The point in the novel, when Katniss and Peeta attempt to take the poison berries until the end of the novel.
What is the resolution?