Figurative Language
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
What is Simile?
These are the three rhetorical appeals.
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
A sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction
(Example: This house is too expensive, and that house is too small.)
What is Compound Sentence?
The central, unifying idea or message explored throughout a work, often a universal concept or lesson about life
What is Theme?
A _______ is used to introduce a list, explanation, or further information after a complete sentence, while a _________ joins two related independent clauses that could stand alone as separate sentences
What is Colon and Semicolon?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is Metaphor?
"Alone along a lonesome lake, Lucy longed for the love of her life" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is Alliteration?
The use of similar grammatical structures, word choices, or sentence patterns to emphasize related ideas or create a rhythmic effect
What is Parallelism?
The author's attitude or perspective towards the subject matter of a text, expressed through their word choices, sentence structure, and overall writing style
What is Tone?
Descriptive language that evokes sensory experiences in the reader's mind, allowing them to visualize, hear, smell, taste, or feel the scene, object, or feeling being described
"Achoo!" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is Onomatopoeia?
"Hope for the best, prepare for the worst" is this kind of rhetorical device.
What is Antithesis?
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
(Examples: "on the table," "in the box," and "to the park"
What is Prepositional Phrase?
A technique where an object, person, or event represents something else, often an abstract idea or concept, beyond its literal meaning
The three kinds of irony.
What is Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal?
A rhetorical device that involves giving human qualities, emotions, or behaviors to non-human things, animals, or abstract ideas
What is Personification?
Hickory dickory dock is an example of this kind of rhetorical device.
What is Consonance?
A dependent clause that modifies a noun or noun phrase in a sentence. It is introduced by a relative pronoun oran adverb.
What is Relative Clause?
A character trait that leads to a protagonist's downfall in a tragedy
What is Tragic Flaw?
The implied or associative meanings and emotional impact of a word beyond its literal definition, or denotation
What is Connotation?
"I was dying of laughter" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is Hyperbole?
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
A group of words that includes an infinitive (a verb in the base form preceded by "to" or sometimes without it) and any accompanying words, like objects, modifiers, or complements, that help explain the action or state of being.
What is Infinitive Phrases?
A well structured story follows this basic arc (there are four).
What is Exposition, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution?
The Latin suffix meaning of-ive based on the three following words: Destructive, active, and passive.