Figurative Language
Language that appeals to the five senses (taste, touch, smell...) and helps us imagine the words.
What is Imagery?
What is an exposition?
Secondary to the main plot
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as
What is a simile?
The focus of the passage
What is a central idea?
A comparison of two unlike things that uses imagery to help understand a concept.
Example: boy : girl :: light : dark
What is an Analogy?
What is a conflict?
The people, animals, or things in a story
What are the characters?
A figure of speech when a nonhuman thin is given human characteristics
a short description of what you read, shows the central idea and major supporting details
What is a summary?
A comparison between two unlike things not meant to be taken literally
What is a metaphor?
The highest point of the story
What is the climax?
The character who creates the problem for the main character (protagonist)
What is the antagonist?
When the audience or the reader knows something a character does not
What is dramatic irony?
Proof that supports a claim or belief
What is evidence?
A reference to well-known things outside of the text.
The outcome of the story, the end
A way for the author to give clues and hints about future events in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
The use of overstatement or exaggeration.
Example: I have a million things to do.
What is a hyperbole?
The use of a recurring or repeating word or phrase to make an idea memorable
What is repetition?
A contrast between expectation an reality, when something happens that is the opposite of what one thought
What is Irony?
We begin to see conflicts develop
What isRising Action
A scene or event that happened before the beginning of a story
What is a flashback?
A person, place, thing, or event that has its own meaning but also stands for something deeper
What is Symbol(ism)
A question asked for effect rather than with expectation of a reply
What is a rhetorical question?