Figurative Language 1
Simile
An ocean of people filled the streets
Metaphor
Genre
A person, place, or thing
Noun
The villain of the story
Antagonist
Comparison without using like or as
Metaphor
Alliteration
The narrator is a character in the story, uses "I" statements
First Person POV
Describes a noun (beautiful, funny, silly, purple)
Adjective
Boom, Pop, Sizzle, Crack!
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
That was a piece of cake!
Idiom
The main character of a story
Protagonist
Describes a verb and often ends in -ly (Quickly, tragically, badly, terrifically)
Adverb
The highest point of tension in a story
Climax
Visually descriptive language
Imagery
The angry sun bore down on us
Personification
The character has an internal conflict (mental, spiritual, moral)
Man VS Self
On, Under, Below, Above, Within, Around, Across, Out,
Preposition
At the beginning of the story, gives the reader necessary context and introduces characters + setting
Exposition
Alliteration
I was the only one to show up to the spelling bee, and somehow I still lost
Irony
The narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of every character in the story
Third Person Omniscient
A, An, The
Article
Another word for Resolution
Denouement