Figurative Language
This is when two things are compared using "like", "as", "than", or "resembles".
What is a simile?
A struggle between two opposing forces, groups, or individuals
What is conflict?
The main character in the story faces conflict. The reader/audience roots for this character to be successful. Often, but not always, the "hero" of the story.
Who is the protagonist?
The repetition of accented vowels and syllable sounds; may be found at the end of a line or in the middle of a line.
What is rhyme?
When one thing is said, but the opposite is meant.
What is verbal irony?
This is an exaggerated statement used for effect.
What is a hyperbole?
The words that characters speak aloud
What is dialogue?
Someone or something that is against the protagonist. It poses a conflict for the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllable in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm?
The solution to the main conflict.
What is the climax?
When two unlike things are compared without using "like", "as", "than", or "resembles".
What is a metaphor?
Voice that relates the details of the story to the reader; the teller of the story
What is the narrator?
A character does not experience an underlying change throughout the story; his or her character/personality remains the same.
What is a static character?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
The ideas and feelings associated with a word.
What is connotation?
When an inanimate object is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
The narrator is not a character in the story but knows the thoughts and ideas of one character.
What is third person limited?
The reader sees many aspects of the character's personality.
What is a round character?
The use of a word whose sound in some degree imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature in a text.
What is an allusion?
An expression whose meaning is different than the sum of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
The total environment chosen by an author for a specific purpose; may often need to be inferred.
The combination of character traits and circumstances that cause a character to act a certain way.
What is character motivation?
A play on words based on the similarity of sound between two words with different meanings.
What is a pun?
When the reader or audience knows something a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?