Figurative Language
Name the difference between metaphor and simile
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two otherwise dissimilar things, often introduced by the words like or as ('you are like a summer's day'). A metaphor is when a word is used in place of another to suggest a likeness ('you are a summer's day').
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
what is a static character
one that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end
what is connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
what is symbolism
the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
Name an example of hyperbole
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two otherwise dissimilar things, often introduced by the words like or as ('you are like a summer's day'). A metaphor is when a word is used in place of another to suggest a likeness ('you are a summer's day').
what is a haiku
a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
what is a dynamic character
means simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.
what is plagiarism
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
what is a oxymoron
Name the difference between imagery and personification
Personification is used to put human qualities on something like an object. It is imagery because it is used to describe something using things people have seen or heard of
what is a ballad
A popular narrative song passed down orally. In the English tradition, it usually follows a form of rhymed (abcb) quatrains alternating four-stress and three-stress lines.
what is the rising action
a series of events that build on the conflict and increase the tension, sending the story racing to a dramatic climax.
what is denotation
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
what is foreshadowing
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
"it foreshadowed my preoccupation with jazz"
Give an example of a idiom
An idiom is a widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning. For example, if you say you're feeling “under the weather,” you don't literally mean that you're standing underneath the rain.
what is spoken word poetry
Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities
what is first person, second person and third person
First, second, and third person are ways of describing points of view. First person is the I/we perspective. Second person is the you perspective. Third person is the he/she/it/they perspective
what is quotation
a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.
name 3 examples of clichés
cliché is an expression that was once innovative but has lost its novelty due to overuse. Take the phrase “as red as a rose” for example—it is a universal descriptor for the color red that is now commonplace and unoriginal.
give an example of a analogy
She's as blind as a bat.” “You have to be as busy as a bee to get good grades in high school.” “Finding that lost dog will be like finding a needle in a haystack.” Comparing two objects or ideas is common practice in the English language, as useful in writing and literature as in everyday figures of speech.
what is rhyme scheme
what are the types of conflict
what are antonym and synonym
Synonyms are words that have the same, or almost the same, meaning as another word. Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of another word
Name and describe all 3 irony
he three most common kinds you'll find in literature classrooms are verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony. Verbal irony occurs whenever a speaker tells us something that differs from what they mean, what they intend, or what the situation requires.