Figurative Language
Q: Saying “Her smile was like sunshine” uses a comparison with “like” or “as.” This is called a...?
Simile
Q: In poetry about aging, “the frailty of man” refers to human weakness or vulnerability. What does frailty mean?
Weakness
Q: A group of lines in a poem—like a paragraph in a story—is called a...?
Stanza
Q: The part of a story where characters, setting, and conflict are introduced is the...?
Exposition
When asked what a character is feeling, you must support your answer with details from the text. These details are called...?
Textual Evidence
Q: When a poem says, “The wind whispered through the trees,” giving human traits to nature is called...?
Personification
Q: If a behavior is so common in a school that it’s considered normal or deeply established, we say it’s...?
Endemic
Q: The beat or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem is its...?
Rhythm
Q: The central message or life lesson in a story or poem is its...?
Theme
Instead of just saying “She was sad,” a stronger detail like “Tears streamed down her cheeks” is an example of...?
Imagery
Q: “Time is a thief” means time steals moments—but there’s no real thief. This non-literal comparison is a...?
Metaphor
Q: The phrase “spreading like wildfire” describes how quickly something grows or moves. What does it suggest?
Spreading quickly
Q: In a poem, the words “retreat” and “heat” appear in the same line and rhyme even though they’re not at the end. This is called...?
Internal rhyme
Q: In a story where a character loses a treasured necklace but later realizes their grandfather’s love remains, the deeper message about what truly matters is the story’s...?
Theme
Q: When comparing how two texts handle loss, you must use quotes or details from both. This is called...
Citing
Q: In a poem, the stairs are described as saying, “You are all alone.” Giving human speech to a non-human object like this is called...?
Personification
Q: In the sentence, “It was a strange reckoning to accept the loss,” reckoning refers to a moment of facing a hard truth. What kind of moment is this?
Realization
Q: When a poet repeats “I miss his laugh,” “I miss his shoes,” “I miss his voice” to build emotion, this technique is called...?
Repetition
Q: When two characters argue about whether to keep searching for a lost object, and that argument leads to a big decision, their conversation is advancing the story’s...?
Plot
Q: A student quotes a line from a poem but doesn’t explain its meaning or connection to the theme. Their analysis is missing...?
Explanation or D (Discussion) in TIEDS
Q: A writer says, “Her words were daggers to my heart,” even though no real daggers are involved. This non-literal comparison is called...?
Metaphor
Q: An article says social media creates an exponential amount of information. This means the amount is increasing...?
Rapidly or quickly
Q: A poem about lost time uses a steady, predictable beat in every line to echo the constant passage of years. This consistent beat is called...?
Rhythm
Q: True or false: A theme must be directly stated by the narrator.
False
What is it called when you have to connect something you already know to something you don't know? (Hint: not a guess)
Inference