Literature
A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone of something.
What is Characteristics?
Shows action or state of being.
What is Verb?
The light danced on the surface of the water.
What is Personification?
Takes the place of a noun.
What is Pronoun?
The mouse went squeak as it ran across the room.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is Irony?
Describes adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs.
What is Adverb?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is Alliteration?
A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”.
What is Simile?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
What is Assonance?
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is Imagery?
Descriptive word describing nouns and pronouns.
What is Adjective?
He ran quickly.
What is Pronouns?
The pairing of two opposing or contradictory words.
What is Oxymoron?
What is said is different than what is meant.
What is Verbal Irony?
An expression with a figurative meaning that differs from the literal meaning.
What is Idiom?
Joins words, phrases, and clauses together.
What is Conjunction?
The color red represents love.
What is Symbolism?
The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
What is Denotation?
An over exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
The reader knows something that the characters do not.
What is Dramatic irony?
Shows relationships between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.
What is Preposition?
The figurative meaning of, “She’s so cool.”
What is Connotation?
The repetition of the vowel sounds in the middle of words near each other.
What is Assonance?
The author's choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.