Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
The two types of characterization.
What are direct and indirect characterization?
Define first-person point of view.
What is when the narrator is a character in the story and uses I or we?
Define Foreshadowing.
What is a hint or clue about what will happen later in the story?
Identify the type of figurative language:
“The wind howled in the night.”
What is personification?
The part of the plot introduces the setting, characters, and conflict.
What is the exposition?
Define direct characterization.
What is when the author explicitly describes a character’s traits?
The point of view that uses he, she, or they.
What is third-person point of view?
Define situational irony.
What is when the opposite of what is expected to happens, happens?
Identify this figurative language.
“Juliet is the sun."
What is a metaphor?
Define the resolution of a story.
What is it when conflicts are resolved?
An example of indirect characterization.
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The point of view that reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is third-person limited?
Define imagery.
What is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) to create vivid mental images for the reader?
Explain the metaphor in this sentence:
“He was a lion in the fight.”
What is it compares the person to a lion to show they were brave and fierce?
Place these plot elements in order: Rising Action, Climax, Exposition, Resolution, Falling Action.
What is
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?
Identify the type of characterization in this sentence:
“Lisa was kind and thoughtful.”
What is direct characterization?
What is the point of view in this sentence?
“I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the surprise waiting for me.”
What is first-person point of view?
Identify the literary device:
"His Achilles heel was his love of sweets."
What is an allusion?
Identify the type of figurative language:
“I’ve told you a million times to clean your room!”
What is a hyperbole?
The series of events that build tension and lead up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
The acronym that helps you analyze indirect characterization.
What is STEAL?
(Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks)
Define omniscient point of view.
What is a point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
A narrative device where the chronological sequence of events is interrupted by a scene or episode from the past, often providing background information, character development, or context for the present storyline
What is a flashback?