Figurative Language
ELA Vocabulary
Genres
Types of Irony
Random
100

Happy Heather hums

alliteration

100

the way the speaker sounds/ feels while telling the story

tone

100
 a story that is not true

fiction

100

name the three types of irony

situational, dramatic, verbal

100

The way the reader feels while reading the story-

mood

200

You are like an angel

simile

200

the beginning of a story (characters and setting are introduced)

exposition

200

a text that is true 

nonfiction

200

When the reader knows something that the characters don't know

dramatic irony

200

When the author gives  hints about what WILL happen in the story 

foreshadow

300

Children are seeds that will grow into plants

metaphor

300

a book that gives synonyms and antonyms

thesaurus

300

text that tells about someone's life-told by someone else (usually told in 3rd person)

biography

300

When the ending of the story is much different that what you expected

situational irony

300

When the story goes from present time to the past and then comes back to the present time.

PPP

flashback

400

As I cried, my tears screamed your name

personification

400

a guess the reader can make using the clues given.

inference

400

written in first person- true facts about one's own life

autobiography

400

When someone says something they don't really mean (they say the opposite of what they mean)

verbal irony

400

When the author doesn't tell you what the character is like but SHOWS you through the character's words and actions

Indirect characterization

500

making reference to a well known book , story, or character

allusion

500

Told in time order ________________

chronological

500

Based on real historical facts but it tells a made up story

historical fiction

500

In the Outsiders, Dally is portrayed as a cold hearted hoodlum, but by the end, he is portrayed as a gallant hero.  What type of irony is this?

situational

500

Author's often show what characters are like through______________ (conversations between characters).

dialogue 

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