Figurative Language
A comparison using "Like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The conversation between characters in a play.
What is a dialogue?
The part of speech that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A grouped set of lines in a poem, often separated by a space.
What is a stanza?
The author's purpose when writing is to share facts or explain something.
What is to inform?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
A long speech delivered by one character, either alone or with others on stage.
What is a monologue?
A sentence where the subject performs the action, like "Sarah ate the cake."
What is Active Voice?
The pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem that is often labeled with letters such as (ABAB, AABB, etc.)
What is a rhyme scheme?
The authors purpose when writing to convince the reader to think or act a certain way.
What is to persuade?
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
What is an alliteration?
A character's secret thoughts are spoken aloud, usually when alone.
What is a soliloquy?
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list or set off introductory elements.
What is a comma?
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates vivid mental images.
What is imagery?
The authors purpose when writing a novel, poem, or short story for enjoyment?
What is to entertain?
Giving human qualities to non-human things?
What is personification?
When an audience knows something that the characters do not.
What is Dramatic Irony?
A sentence that combines two independent clauses using a coordinating conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The use of objects, colors, or actions to represent deeper meanings or ideas.
What is symbolism?
What is the author's purpose when giving details about a person, place, or thing to create a vivid picture?
What is to describe?
A direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
The main character in a story, play, or drama.
What is a Protagonist?
An incomplete sentence missing a subject or a verb.
What is a fragment?
A strategy for analyzing the title, paraphrase, connotation, attitude, shifts, title, and theme in poetry?
What is a TPCASTT?
What is the author's purpose when clarifying or giving reasons for something?
What is to explain?