Wild Card I
Comparison of two things that uses like, as, or as if
What is a simile
The relatives who came before a person, their parents, and their
grandparents
What are ancestors
Repeating of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words
What is alliteration
People who leave their home country to live in a new country
What are immigrants
Giving objects human chacteristics
What is personification
A person who turns speech from one language into another
language
What is an interpreter
In poems they are separated in what instead of paragraphs
What is stanzas
Another word for freedom
What is liberty
A series of events in a narrative that gradually build up toward the climax
What is rising action
A conflict between what might be expected and what actually happens
What is irony
Established, or traditional, ways of doing things
What are customs
Similar sounds at the end of words...example night, light, and sight
What is rhyme
Characteristics of a particular group of people who share a common
language and national, religious, or cultural customs
What is ethnic
Authors attitude toward the topic expressed through word choice, imagery, and details
What is tone
A saying whose meaning can't be understood from the individual words
What is an idiom
Unkind or unwelcoming
What is hostile
Same word repeated throughout the poem
What is repetition
Customary or long-established; describes something that has
been done in the same way over a long period of time
traditional
A turning point, when the main character's actions change the direction of the story
What is climax
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
A person who has rights given to them by a country's government and
has responsibilities that go along with those rights
What is a citizen
Language used to describe ideas or actions in a way that creates a vivid image in the reader's mind
What is imagery
People who flee from their home country to a foreign country for
safety
What are refugees
Outcome or solution to the problem and brings the story to an end
What is the resolution