Figurative Language 1
The part of speech that replaces a noun
a pronoun
The piece of punctuation that shows when a character is talking
quotation marks
Category or type of literature. Ex: Romance, Sci-fi...
Genre
repeating a word, phrase, or idea
repetition
The tree branches danced in the wind.
personification
A person, place, thing, or idea
a noun
Author's own account of his/her life own life
Autobiography
Where a story takes places and the main characters
Exposition or Setting
What the reader feels as they read a piece of a literature
mood
Hints or clues about what will happen later in a story
Foreshadowing
This part of the sentence is an action or state of being
Verb
When a writer of an argument states what the opposite side believes is true.
Counterclaim
When the problem of a story is at its peak.
Climax
The attitude of the speaker or the author in a work of literature
tone
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
simile
This part of a sentence does the action or state of being
subject
Story of a person's life written by someone else
Biography
The author's message to the reader.
Theme
How a character in a story thinks or feels about specific events
Point of view
Words chosen to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
Imagery
Different words that have the same or similar definitions
synonyms
The chickenfoot claim is also called this.
Thesis
Person telling the story
Narrator
Literary appeals used to persuade (3)
Pathos, ethos, logos
The part of speech that combines two clauses. Think FANBOYS
conjunction
The most important point of a text (usually nonfiction) written in ONE sentence.
Central (main) idea
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The parts of the plot line are?
exposition
rising action
climax
falling action
resolution
An event from the past presented in the present; out of order in a story
Flashback
Words or phrases that convey the opposite from what one would expect.
Irony
Direct conversation between characters in a story
Dialogue
Kind of writing that expresses (or 'says') a person's viewpoint/position
Argumentative or Persuasive Writing
What the character says, does, thinks, physical description, and how other characters interact with that character
Characterization
repeating the first sound of a word within a sentence or a line of poetry
alliteration