Figurative Language
"Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get" is this type of figurative language
What is a simile?
An author's attitude towards the topic in their writing is known as this
What is the tone?
A poem's rhyming pattern is known as it's rhyme _____
What is rhyme SCHEME?
When an author's narrator speaks about other characters and seems to know what everyone is thinking, the author is using this point of view
What is third person omniscient?
To create a compound sentence, you must combine two simple sentences using one of these and a conjunction
What is a comma?
"I love Kit Kats. I could eat about a million and a half of them right now" is an example of this type of figurative language
What is a hyperbole?
Authors include words, often describing the setting, that make a reader feel a certain way while reading. This is known as the writing's _______
What is the mood?
A haiku often does not have a rhyme scheme, but it does include 17 of these
What are syllables?
Sometimes to make a fictional text feel fun or silly, authors will say the same thing over and over again. This is known as ________
What is repetition?
FANBOYS is a mneumonic device that helps us remember these
What are (coordinating) conjunctions?
When a non-living thing is given humanlike characteristics, it is considered to be this type of figurative language
What is personification?
A story that begins with "It was a dark a spooky night" is probably setting a scary or mysterious _______
What is a mood?
A group of lines in a poem is known as this
What is a stanza?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a very long word. It it used to describe the fear of long words. This is an example of ________
What is irony?
Mrs. Hurdle is tired, so she takes a nap."
That was an example of this type of sentence.
What is compound?
What is an idiom?
If a mean character smirks and says "nice shirt" to another character, the author is likely using a sarcastic ______
What is a tone?
If the speaker in a poem using words like "I," "Me," or "My," they are using this point of view
What is first person?
The message or idea conveyed in an author's writing is known as this
What is theme?
"Encanto is a great movie."
In the sentence above, the word great is an example of this part of speech
What is an adjective?
"To the person who invented the number zero - thanks for nothing" includes an example of word play - a type of figurative language known as this
What is a pun?
If a character constantly says "Bruh," more than likely the author is using language to create a casual _______
What is tone?
If the speaker in a poem uses character names or words like words like "He," "She," or "They," they are using this point of view
What is third person?
If the author does not want the narrator/speaker of a text to know what every other character is thinking, they will probably use this type of point of view in their writing
What is third person limited?
Proper nouns, such as names of specific people, places, or things, should always begin with this
What is a capital letter?