Figurative Language
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as" Ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates."
What is dialogue?
A conversation between two or more people.
What is the central idea?
The main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is a Symbol/Symbolism?
an object, person, situation, event, or action that represents something else.
What is mood?
The feeling created by a piece of literature. Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is a metaphor?
Direct comparison Ex. "The front is a cage."
What is foreshadowing?
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is the purpose?
When an author is instructing, entertaining, or persuading the reader.
What is figurative language?
Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across.
(Ex: simile, idiom, metaphor, etc)
What is tone?
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is personification?
Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."
What is the theme?
The moral or lesson that the story is trying to teach/convey.
What is an inference?
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making and educated guess.
What is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is a conflict?
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is an idiom?
A statement that is not meant to be taken literally. Ex. "Are you pulling my leg?"
What is an allusion?
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature. Ex. In Persepolis, Marji talks about listening to Kim Wilde & Iron Maiden.
What is structure?
How a passage is organized. Ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.
What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. broken baby bottle
What is an oxymoron?
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect Ex. Living death, jumbo shrimp
What is a hyperbole?
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is connotation?
The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.
What is a rhetorical question?
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What are couplets?
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is an anecdote?
A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson.