Figurative Language
Figurative Language #2
Point of View
Story Elements
Terms to Know
100
Hit the books!
What is an idiom?
100
"You got served!" yelled one tennis player to another.
What is a pun?
100
Sunday was my only day of rest. I was so thankful to have some time off from the toothbrush factory.
What is first person point of view?
100
What happens in a story
What is the plot?
100
The literal dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
200
The ocean was as rough as sandpaper.
What is a simile?
200
Zap! The lightning hit the ground suddenly!
What is an onomatapoeia?
200
"A child was standing on a street-corner. He leaned with one shoulder against a high board-fence and swayed the other to and fro. Sunshine beat upon the cobbles and a lazy summer wind blew."
What is third person objective?
200
The truth about life that a story reveals
What is the theme?
200
The feelings behind a word; not just the dictionary definition
What is connotation?
300
His smile was sunshine.
What is a metaphor?
300
A man died in the ocean due to lack of water.
What is situational irony?
300
First, you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then, set out all the ingredients. Mix everything together and pour it into the muffin tins.
What is second person point of view?
300
The feelings behind the authors' writing
What is the tone?
300
Using your background knowledge plus the author's clues
What is inferencing?
400
Carrie caught a couple of colds this winter.
What is alliteration?
400
"You look great!" Stacy, the class bully, said to Angie after she fell in the mud puddle.
What is verbal irony?
400
Mary and Joann were so excited to be heading to Six Flags! Mary felt a little nervous to ride the roller coasters. On the other hand, Joann was eager to fly upside down through twists and turns.
What is omniscient point of view?
400
The most intense, emotional moment of the story
What is the climax?
400
The pattern of rhyme in a poem (example: abbc, abbc)
What is rhyme scheme?
500
I would walk 10,000 miles to get to you.
What is a hyperbole?
500
In a suspense movie, we know that the killer is hiding behind the door, but the unsuspecting babysitter does not.
What is dramatic irony?
500
Goldilocks was a proud little girl. She knew all the secret paths through the woods, and she was afraid of no one.
What is third person limited?
500
The "bad guy" of the story
What is the antagonist?
500
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
What is meter?
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