Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Characterization
Figure It Out
Riddle Me This
100
Denotion is...
What is the dictionary/literal definition or meaning
100
Comparing two unlike things without using LIKE or AS
What is Metaphor
100

shows things that reveal the personality of a character. There are five different methods of indirect characterization

What is indirect characterization

100

What is a conclusion you draw that is based upon the stated information, the implied information, and your knowledge of the subject?

What is an inference

100

I can be written. I can be spoken. I can be exposed. I can be broken, what am I?

What is the news

200
An outcome of events contrary (opposite) to what was or might have been expected
What is Irony
200
An example is: My grandmother is as sweet as honey
What is Simile
200

specifically tells the audience something about the character 

What is direct characterization

200

This holiday is associated with love. People often give each other cards and chocolates to show their affection. It is common to wear read and pink on this holiday.

What is Valentine's Day

200

I am always in front of you but you can never see me, what am I?

What is the future

300
To make comparisons in order to show the unlikeness or differences
What is Contrast
300
An example is: The fog wrapped its arms around me like a blanket
What is personification
300

Use the mnemonic device of STEAL is used to remember  

What is the five types of indirect characterization

300

The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device.

What is Repetition

300

I have keys, but no door, I can go on sites, but not up the mountains, And it's a device that will never let you leave.

What am I?

What is a keyboard

400
description that appeals to the senses and paints a picture in our mind
What is Imagery
400
a reference to another work of literature, person, or event
What is Allusion
400

Many of the words spoken by the cat at the beginning of the story have an upbeat connotative meaning, this is an example of what type of indirect characterization

What is speech

400

I was so parched that I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp. Parched means...

What is thirsty.

400

I am crying, but no eyes, I am white, but not popcorn, And I am darkness when rains, snows, or get cloudy.

What am I?

What is a cloud

500
the attitude of the author on the subject they are writing about
What is Tone
500
The additional or secondary meaning that a word may have
What is Connotation
500

Throughout the first three quarters of the story, three different illustrations portray the fish scowling at the cat immediately after each of the cat’s activities. When the cat returns to clean up his mess at the end of the story the fish is shown with a smile on his face, this is an example of which type of indirect characterization?

What is effect on others

500

A group of lines in a poem that constitute a division in a poem is known as....

What is Stanza

500

I am wet, but not a puddle, I am in a middle of a field, but not waves, and I am water that's still and quiet.

What am I?

What is a pond

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