A language that uses words or expressions with meaning that differs from the literal interpretation
What is Figurative Language
100
Visually descriptive figurative language
What is Imagery?
100
Metaphor
What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison that isn't literally applicable?
100
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
What is a simile?
100
Figurative language where non-human things are given human attributes
What is personification?
200
An event or story in The Things They Carried that is an example of Figurative Language
What is any event or story that relates
200
Good imagery develops these senses in order to connect with the reader
What do sight, sound, smell, touch and taste have to do with writing?
200
One reason why authors use metaphors
What is allowing the author to convey more meaning?
200
Similes can be used in writing for either of these purposes.
What part of speech can be used to expose the intended tone of writing, or make a description more vivid?
200
Personification can be used as a way of developing this literary device
What is imagery?
300
Examples of Figurative Language
What is Imagery, Metaphors, Simile and Personification
300
The purpose of imagery in writing.
What is the correlation between an author's writing and a reader's visualization of its content?
300
Helps give the readers a better sense of the setting/situation
Why does O'Brien use lots of metaphors in the novel?
300
Similes and metaphors both share this characteristic.
What two parts of speech are both types of contrasts?
300
An example of a specific object that O'Brien personifies
What is the helicopter?
400
The writer uses this language to state the facts as they are
What is Literal Language
400
These are the two elements of good imagery.
What is the connection between the literal root of an image and its figurative meaning?
400
An example of a metaphor (as a single literary device)
What is 'the clouds were pasted to the field'?
400
These are the three steps of analyzing a simile.
1. Identify
2. Compare
3. Evaluate
400
Personification helps readers to relate more to the objects being described
What is the reason why O'Brien uses personification?
500
Name the three types of figurative language
What is Situational figurative, Symbolically figurative, Abstractly figurative
500
The significance of imagery in contemporary literature.
What is the help it takes to get an author's message across in language that is strong, vivid and very visual, were words create descriptive visuals that help us to interpret writing?
500
An example of a more overarching metaphor in the novel
What is the waste field as a metaphor for the Vietnam War?
500
These are two things that should be considered when using a simile in writing.
When would we want to consider how a phrase makes the reader feel, when balanced against what it reveals about your story's character(s)?