Figurative Language
An obvious exaggeration to emphasize a point. For a bonus point, provide an example.
Hyperbole - I've been waiting for a million years!
This is the term for a 2 or 3 word phrase that contains opposite word or ideas. An example of this would be "Jumbo Shrimp"
A bonus point will be given if you can provide your won example
Oxymoron
a conversation between two or more characters
Dialogue
A voice telling parts of the story
the narrator
Just as a story is divided into paragraphs, a poem is divided into what?
Stanzas
These 2 terms are often confused. They both make a comparison between 2 objects. One makes a comparison using the words "Like" or "As" and the other does not. What are these 2 terms? Provide an example of each and label them to prove you know the difference.
Simile and Metaphor
Zeus is as graceful as new born giraffe wobbling and falling down as he walks. - Simile
Zeus is lightning as he tears across the yard. - Metaphor
This term is often associated with tongue twisters because it means repeating the beginning sound of words. A bonus point will be given for providing your own example.
Alliteration
Ex: Sally sold seashells by the seashore
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
A struggle between two opposing forces
conflict
This is the term associated with the way a character says something or the way a story is written.
Tone
When trying to figure out the Author's Purpose, we are usually trying to decide between 4 choices. What are they?
Informative
Persuasive
Narrative
Poetic
This is the term for a word whose sounds suggests its meaning. Bonus point for providing an example.
Onomatopoeia
Ex: plop, buzz, whoosh, splat, whack
This term is for words or phrases the appeal to to our 5 senses and help us create mental images.
For a bonus point provide an example sentence.
Imagery
Ex: On Thanksgiving day, Ashley woke up to a variety of smells coming from the kitchen. When she walked out to see what was going on, she was greeted by an array of fall colored foods, orange pumpkin pies with a hint of cinnamon, fluffy mashed potatoes, and the most beautiful and perfect looking pineapple upside-down cake she'd ever seen. the cherries were perfectly red, the pineapples were perfectly yellow and the cinnamon sugar had melted just right over the yellow cake.
an interruption to a story to tell or explain events that happened earlier
Flashback
This is the term associated with the feeling created in a reader by the literary work. This feeling could be suspense, humor, romantic, etc.
Mood
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place.
Time, place, location, weather, etc.
This term means to give human like qualities or actions to something that is not a human.
Bonus point for providing an example.
Personification
Ex: The trees danced in the wind
This term is a contradictory statement or situation, such as "It was really unfortunate that my car got a flat tire, It was lucky, however that it happened right in front of a tire store!"
A bonus point will be given if you can provide your own example
Irony
a subtle hint about events that will occur later on in the story
Foreshadowing
This type of question does not need an answer.
Rhetorical Questions
First Person
Second Person
Third Person (Narrator) Limited or Omniscient. Limited means they only know the thought or feeling of one character, the Omniscient knows the thought and feelings of all characters.
What is this term? Bonus point for providing your own example.
Idiom
Ex: It's raining cats and dogs.
This is the term for something concrete that stands for something abstract.
Bonus point for your own example
Symbol
Bird means Freedom
a category of literature
A bonus point will be given for each one you can name
Genre
This term means a play on words.
A bonus point will be given for coming up with your own example
a Pun
The plot is what happens throughout a story. There are typically 5 steps to the plot. What are they?
Beginning/Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution