Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this?
"You need to hold your horses"
Idiom
What type of imagery is this?
"She had hair as golden as the sunrise."
Visual
What is the series of events that make up a story called?
Plot
What is a piece of information taken directly from the text that an author uses to support their idea or opinion?
Text evidence
Which of your teachers does swing dancing?
Aguilar
What type of figurative language is this?
"The cash register popped open with a ca-ching."
Onomatopoeia
What type of imagery is this?
"The wind whistled through the trees."
Auditory
What is the turning point of a story where the main character's problem starts to be solved?
Climax
What is the position being taken in the argument, or the thesis?
Author's claim
This teacher's degree is in music.
Schurmann
What type of figurative language is this?
"He looks like a fish out of water."
Simile
What type of imagery is this?
"The stench of rotting garbage was overwhelming in the alleyway at nightfall."
Olfactory
Who is the main character, or the character who drives the action?
The protagonist
What is it called when the writer poses a question with an obvious answer?
Rhetorical question
This teacher's longest camping trip was 12 days.
Sheffield
What type of figurative language is this?
"I told you to clean your room a thousand times!"
Hyperbole
What type of imagery is this?
"Her words were as bitter as lemon juice."
Gustatory
What is the emotional attitude in a story or poem; How the reader feels
Mood
What is it called when the writer speaks to the reader and uses the pronoun “you"?
Direct Address
Which teacher has a cat named Sour Cream?
Nelson
What type of figurative language is this?
"The flowers were begging for water."
Personification
What type of imagery is this?
"Her skin felt cold and clammy from fear."
Tactile
What is the way that you say something in a piece of writing; How the author feels
Tone
What is it called when writers manipulate language and misrepresent the facts supporting an idea?
Logical Fallacy
Day