Figurative Language
This type of figurative language makes a comparison using the words LIKE or AS
What is a simile?
Asia : continent :: ___________ : city
What is Philadelphia?
The most interesting and exciting part of a story
What is climax?
The voice that tells the story
What is Narrator?
The roots "cycl", "circ", and "centr" mean...
What is circle
This figure of speech makes a direct comparison between two things without using the words LIKE or AS.
What is a metaphor?
___________ : joint :: break : bone
What is dislocate?
The characters and setting are introduced
What is exposition?
Words that describes a character's personality
What are character traits?
This is the lesson, or moral, of a story.
What is theme?
This type of figurative language gives human characteristics to animals or objects.
What is personification?
house : _____________ :: bus : mobile
What is stationary?
The winding down of the story that takes place after the climax
What is the falling action?
What is first person point of view?
This is a feeling of growing tension and excitement; the cliff hanger
What is suspense?
This type of figurative language is a common and familiar expression that has meaning different from the meaning of individual words.
What is an idiom?
_________ : captive :: friend : companion
What is hostage?
The solution or end of a story
What is resolution?
The narrator is outside the story telling what only ONE character is feeling or thinking
What is third person limited point of view?
The vocabulary word which means a mixture of unpleasant sounds; harsh noises
What is cacophony?
The roller coaster loved nothing better than to make the kids scream is an example of what type of figurative language.
What is personification
souvenir : ___________ :: waltz : dance
What is memento?
The conflict is introduced in this part of the story
What is Rising Action?
The narrator knows and describes how all the characters are feeling and thinking; they are "all knowing"
What is third person omniscient?
The following roots mean .... "chron" and "temp"
What is time?