Figurative Language Examples
Point of View
Elements of Plot
Figurative Language Definitions
Vocabulary
100
Hannah's home has heat hopefully.
What is an Alliteration?
100
Narrator address you (you, your).
What is Second Person Point of View?
100
When the problem is introduced in a passage.
What is Rising Action?
100
When the speaker or writer gives human characteristics, qualities, or traits to an object or idea.
What is Personification?
100
A conversation between two or more people.
What is a dialogue?
200
The angry storm pounded the tin shelter.
What is Personification?
200
Narrator writing about themselves (I, We, Me).
What is First Person Point of View?
200
The turning point in the story that determines its outcome.
What is Climax?
200
A comparison between two different things without using the word "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
What is a Metaphor?
200
Using a word, phrase or clause more than once in a short passage; dwelling on a point.
What is Repetition?
300
I've seen this movie at least 80,000 times.
What is a Hyperbole?
300
Narrator focuses on thought and feeling of ONLY one character (he, she, they or the character's name).
What is Third Person Limited?
300
The ending of the story when the problem is resolved and the outcome is clear.
What is Resolution?
300
When the writer or speaker exaggerates for emphasis or effect.
What is a Hyperbole?
300
Words and phrases that create vivid sensory experience for a reader.
What is Imagery?
400
Janie's boyfriend appreciated her as an ape might appreciate an algebra book.
What is a Simile?
400
Narrator is ALL KNOWING.
What is Third Person Omniscient?
400
The beginning of the story that introduces background information on characters, setting, and initial action.
What is Exposition?
400
A comparison between two unlike things using the word "like" or "as".
What is a Simile?
400
The repetition of a identical or similarly accented sound or sounds in a work.
What is Rhyme?
500
Her eyes were fireflies.
What is a Metaphor?
500
Only characters dialogue and actions are narrated without any thoughts or feelings being revealed.
What is Third Person Objective?
500
When the problem is solved.
What is Falling Action?
500
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
500
A topic of discussion or writing; a major idea or proposition broad enough to cover the entire cope of a literary work or work of art.
What is Theme?
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