Name that Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
What is personification?
Who is the protagonist and antagonist in Murder in Coweta County?
John Wallace and Wilson Turner
What is tone?
Tone is the attitude of the author
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action.
Onomatopoeia
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
Name two static Characters in Murder in Coweta County
What is mood?
Mood is the attitude of the reader.
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
A phrase or expression that has been used throughout time and has another meaning then what is being said.
Idiom
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
What affect does Mayhayley have on the tone of the book?
Her personality and actions when dealing with John Wallace gives an eerie, creepy, and evil tone to the book.
How does the setting affect the story
The setting can set the mood or tone of the story
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
A phrase that shows exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
Hyperbole
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
HIDDEN BONUS: Name the figurative language: Bless your heart.
What is an idiom?
What type of fallacy does John Wallace create when he think that if he can't find the body then neither will Potts?
False Dilemma
Name the figurative language: Johnny is feeling as sick as a dog
Hyperbole
Name the type of figurative language that has this definition.
This type of figurative language can often be seen in comic books.
Onomatopoeia
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
What is a metaphor?
Name the setting, plot, conflict, and a theme of chapters 1-4 in 30 or less seconds.
Newan or Coweta county
There are two men at war trying to succeed over one another
A man was wrongfully killed and neither potts or wallace have found the man.
Possible theme: "You will reap what you sow."
Name the figurative language: The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
How does figurative language make writing better for the reader?
Figurative language can appeal to the senses, makes writing more entertaining (funnier).