Figurative Language
A comparison that uses "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
When a person says the opposite of what they mean
What is verbal irony?
The author DIRECTLY tells us information vs. the reader having to infer information indirectly from a character's actions, speech, and relationships
What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
The name of Mme. Loisel's friend in "The Necklace"?
Who is Mme. Forestier?
The verb in the following sentence:
The dog is stinky.
What is "is"?
When an object is given human-like qualities or actions
What is personification?
When the opposite of what is expected happens
What is situational irony?
A character who changes based on what they experience throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
The name of King Midas' daughter.
Who is Marygold?
A moral or message about an idea that the author communicates through a story.
What is a theme?
When multiple words in a row begin with the same letter or sound
What is alliteration?
When the audience knows something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
A character that we know a lot of information about. They are multi-dimensional.
What is a round character?
The person that initially takes great care with Gregor when he transforms into a bug, but later becomes cruel and doubts his humanity.
What is Gregor's sister Grete?
When an author uses descriptive, vivid details using the five senses.
What is imagery?
Buzz! Pow! Kaboom!
What is onomatopoeia?
Example: A teacher's child who never does their homework.
What is situational irony?
A character that is the same from the beginning to the end of the story. They do not change throughout the story.
The story set in an old creepy mansion where the narrator's best friend and his dying sister live.
What is "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
Themes: love, family, loneliness.
What is ONE WORD IS NOT A THEME?
When an object represents an abstract concept or idea.
What is symbolism?
Example: In a horror movie, when the audience knows there is something hiding behind a door that a character is about to open.
What is dramatic irony?
A character who we do not know a lot about. They are one-dimensional.
The story in which a very strong, very smart character has to wear "handicaps" to make himself weaker so that society is equal.
What is "Harrison Bergeron"?
What is one theme for the short story "Metamorphosis"?
(answers may vary) Must be a theme STATEMENT to earn points.