Figurative language
This device compares two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Information stated directly in the text.
What is explicit information?
Words that appeal to the five senses.
What is sensory language?
The main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
A character who changes over time.
What is a dynamic character?
This device gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
A conclusion you make using clues from the text and your own thinking.
What is an inference?
Introduction of characters and setting
What is exposition?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
A character who stays the same throughout the story.
What is a static character?
This is a comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The main idea or message of a story.
What is theme?
The attitude or feeling the author has toward the subject.
What is tone?
The turning point or most intense moment in a story.
What is the climax?
The reasons behind a character’s actions.
What is motivation?
This device involves exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
Evidence from the text used to support an answer.
What is textual evidence?
The perspective from which a story is told (first person, third person, etc.).
What is point of view?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
When a character struggles with their own thoughts or feelings.
What is internal conflict?
Repeating the same beginning sound in words (e.g., “slippery snake”).
What is alliteration?
Understanding a word based on the words around it.
What are context clues?
When an author hints at something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A character who opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
When a character struggles against outside forces (people, nature, society).
What is external conflict?