Figurative Language
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
What is to entertain?
This is the central idea or message in a literary work.
What is the theme?
Correct the following sentence:
She run to the store every morning
What is: "She runs to the store every morning."?
This is the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
A direct comparison that says one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
Writing that provides facts or explains something.
What is to inform?
A character who contrasts with the main character to highlight traits.
What is a foil character?
Correct the following sentence:
"I was told to go over their"
"I was told to go over there."
The character who opposes the main character is known as this.
What is the antagonist?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
The use of emotional appeals in writing.
What is pathos?
The Perspective from which a story is told?
What is point of view?
Correct the following sentence:
"Can you help me figuring out where to place the thesis statement?"
A) Can you help me figure out where to place the thesis statement?
B) Can you help me figuring where to place the thesis statement?
C) Can you help me figured out where to place the thesis statement?
D) Can you help me figures out where to place the thesis statement?
A) Can you help me figure out where to place the thesis statement?
This point of view uses "I" and "me" to tell the story.
What is first person?
This dramatic device is a speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
This type of writing is intended to change your mind or actions.
What is persuasive writing?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
What is the difference between to, too, and two?
To: expressing motion in the direction of
Too: in addition; also., OR doing something excessively.
Two: Numerical value
The turning point or most intense moment in the story.
What is the climax?
This device involves placing two unlike things side by side to highlight their differences.
What is juxtaposition?
When an author presents only one side of an issue.
What is bias?
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
Correct the following sentence.
Me and my friends were writing an essay yesterday.
My friends and I were writing an essay yesterday.
A struggle between a character and an outside force is this type of conflict.
What is external conflict?