Figurative Language
Understanding the plot
Vocabulary
100
What is a simile?
A) Comparison not using like or as
B) Giving human characteristics to non-human things
C) An exaggeration
D) Comparison using like or as
D) A comparison using like or as
100
What part of the plot is the event leading to the resolution and the end of the story?
Falling action
100
What is the life lesson or message?
Theme
200
What type of figurative language is this?
The candle flamed danced when anyone walked by.
Personification
200
What is the most exciting or most suspenseful part of the story called?
Climax
200
What is creating pictures in your mind about what you're reading called?
Visualizing
300
What kind of figurative language is this?
Harry hurried home to watch football on TV.
Alliteration
300
What is the ending of the story called?
Resolution
300
A specific category for a type of book is called...
A) autobiography
B) scene
C) genre
C) Genre
400
What type of figurative language is this?
Jeepers!! This room smells like a dumpster!
Simile
400
What belongs in the number 2 box?
Rising Action
400
What is it called someone writes a drama?
Playwright
500
What figurative language is this?
Muriel complained as she lifted Maria's backpack. "This thing weighs a ton!!
Hyperbole
500
The beginning of the story is called.....
Exposition
500
What is it called when two people are having a conversation in a drama?
A dialogue