Figurative Language
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A person, place, thing, or idea?
What is a noun.
A problem within a piece of literature.
What is a conflict?
A word that has the same meaning as another word.
What is a synonym?
An ellipsis is most commonly used to do what?
What is omit part of a quote?
Make a quote shorter.
Show a trailing off of thought.
Indicate hesitation
Comparison between two things that does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A type of word that represents action.
What is a verb?
Name the two types of conflict.
What are Internal and external?
A word that means the opposite of another one.
What is an antonym?
A semicolon is used to do what?
When you give a non-human, human qualities.
What is personification?
A word that connects two thoughts or sentences. Ex. FANBOYS
What is a conjunction?
Man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs world are the four examples of what?
What is conflict?
It is added to the beginning of a base word and also changes meaning. Example: replay
What is a prefix?
Mark, would you like to go bowling tonight?
What is the comma rule of address?
An exaggeration. Ex. I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
Am, are, is, was, and were are what kind of verbs?
What are "be" verbs?
When something happens that is not expected. Ex. A fire station burns down.
What is irony?
Something that is added to the end of a base word that also changes its meaning. Example: addition
What is a suffix?
What is wrong with this sentence?
I bought a shirt belt and dress for school.
Missing commas.
When the first letter of a word is repeated. Ex.The trees swayed shyly in the summer breeze.
What is alliteration?
A word that shows the position or relationship between nouns. Ex. over, under, in , on , above, etc
What is a preposition?
What a character says, does, and thinks.
What is characterization?
The word "aqueous" means what?
What is Watery?
What comma rule is being demonstrated in the following sentence?
Thor, the strongest Avenger, is my favorite superhero.
What is an appositive?