Figurative Language
The water looked cold as ice.
Simile
In the story, "The Necklace" Matilde Loisel found out her necklace was missing, leading to the intense turning point of the story.
Climax
"My day is going great!" exclaimed Gabby after spilling her coffee all over her clothes.
Verbal Irony
Matilde Loisel is not the one telling the story in "The Necklace," its coming from a 3rd person.
Narrator
The central, most important point in the text.
Main Idea
His arms were a noodle.
Metaphor
Exposition
The background and setting of a story.
Carrie was a marriage counselor who was really good at her job. She loved it so much that once it started taking a toll on her marriage, Carrie filed for divorce.
Situational Irony.
Making an observation and coming to a conclusion using evidence.
Inference.
A character or a force going opposite of the main charchter.
Antagonist
Her hair was shining with its strands dancing in the air.
Personification
Telling her wealthy friend the truth and finding out that she replaced an imitation necklace led to the...
Conclusion
True or false? Verbal irony is when you genuinely tell someone the things that are on your mind.
False.
Madame Loiselle is the main character in her own story about a time she learned a valuable life lesson.
Protagonist
"Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here." This is an example of...
Dialogue
One thousand stampeding horses thundering across the fields couldn't drown out the sound of my heart beating for you.
Hyperbole
Rising action are events that lead to the resoluton of the conflict. True or False.
False
In a play, Oedipus is the man who killed his father and married his mother. Oedipus himself remains in the dark, desperately searching for the culprit, which builds immense tragic tension
Dramatic Irony
Uses evidence and logic to formulate a conclusion/opinion and attempts to prove it.
Argument
What are you, a rocket scientists?
Hyperbole
"The moon was shining sadly,
Because she thought the sun
Had got no business to be there"
Personification
Mathilde Loisel receives a lavish ball invitation but refuses to go because she lacks the proper dress and jewelry. This is an example of...
Rising Action
Jake and Paul were best friends since elementary and Jake was Paul's best man at his wedding. Years later, Paul and his wife divorced because she was cheating on him with Jake.
Situational Irony
After reading "The Necklace" the reader walks away having learned to appreciate all that one has in life instead of complaining about the things they don't have.
Theme
The iconic yellow text at the beginning of Star Wars is a classic example of
Exposition