Narrative Writing
Figurative Language
Random
Mr. Rieger's Woes
100

Appeal to the five senses: sight, sound, smell , touch, taste.

Sensory Details

100

As difficult as nailing jelly to a tree.

Simile

100

The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Rhyme Scheme

100

Mr. Rieger's biggest weakness when it comes to food.

Ice Cream

200

Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie.

Dialogue

200

The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.

Metaphor

200

Something that cannot be proven; a person's belief.

Opinion

200

Mr. Rieger's favorite rapper.

Kanye West

300

To re-examine and make alterations to.

Revisions
300

A phrase or expression that has a meaning that in most cases cannot be deduced directly from the individual words in that phrase or expression.

  • actions speak louder than words
  • back to the drawing board
  • blessing in disguise

Idioms

300
Small clues the author leaves behind to hint at what is to come later in a story.

Foreshadowing.

300

The state Mr. Rieger lived in from August 2019 until March 2020

New York

400

Distinct personality, style of writing, or point of view of a writer. 

Voice

400

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

  • Your suitcase weighs a ton!

Hyperbole

400

A problem that must be solved or a struggle between oposing forces. Can be internal or external.

Conflict

400

The topic of my Example Narrative

Qualifying for Nationals

500

Words that create a seamless flow from one idea to the next in writing.

Transitions

500

A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Fresh from a farmyard pheasant festival. 

Alliteration

500

Stories about the recent past that are passed down from generations. Stories on the edge of reality. These stories are not verfiable.

EX: Bigfoot

Legends

500

The first college Mr. Rieger attended

Siena Heights University

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