Figurative Language
comparing two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'
What is Metaphor?
The ball streaked across the field like a meteor.
What is Simile?
When the audience knows more than the characters.
What is Dramatic Irony?
Mary Maloney knew she had to create this when she went to the grocery store.
What is an Alibi?
What is Webb?
Giving human like qualities to a non-human object
What is Personification?
This car is going to cost me an arm and a leg, so I better not purchase it today.
What is Idiom?
To have a strong desire to seek revenge; to be petty.
What is vindictive?
This is the number of months Mary was with child
What is 6 months?
This is the setting of the short story, Ruthless.
What is October/Fall?
When two contradictory (opposite) terms are put together
What is an Oxymoron?
My friends and I have the best time when we are alone together at the mall.
What is Oxymoron?
To be irritated, frustrated or annoyed.
What is exasperated?
As Mary awaited her husbands arrival, what type of day did Mary have when her husband came home?
What is blistful?
Man vs. man.
or Judson vs. his wife/thief
When a word or phrase is used differently than it is intended
What is an Idiom?
The tumultuous waves crashed down on our sandcastle which caused my sister to stomp her feet and cry.
What is onomatopoeia?
The friendly and generous way to greet or entertain guest, family and friends in your home.
What is hospitality?
This object is very similar to a spanner.
What is a leg of lamb? (or the murder weapon)
The four things Judson kept locked in his closet.
What are guns, ammunition, fishing rods and liquor?
When the beginning sound is repeated in more than two words.
What is Alliteration?
In gym class we had to run a thousand miles as the sun burned our skin.
What is hyperbole?
A lesson that comes from a story or experience that explains the importance of what is right or wrong.
What is Moral?
The type of conflict that Mary Maloney has in the story.
What is man vs. self OR internal conflict.