Figurative Language & Lit. Terms
This figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is diction?
Tone reflects this element of a text.
What is the author's attitude?
When the reader knows something a character does not, this is called this.
What is dramatic irony?
What is a legend?
"The classroom was a zoo during the group activity." Is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
If an author uses words like "slim" "thin" and "scrawny" they are influencing this.
(feeling associated with a word, not the literal definition of a word)
What is connotation?
Mood refers to this.
What is the feeling experienced by the reader?
A story told from "I" or "we" is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
A struggle between characters or forces is called this
What is conflict?
What is personification?
Why might an author choose short, choppy sentences during an action scene?
Words like "gloomy", "dark" and "silent" create this type of mood.
What is suspenseful or eerie mood?
____________ point of view is shen the narrator knows everything (thoughts, feelings, intentions) about all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
This point of view uses "you" to address the reader directly. It is also very uncommon, and typically only found in cookbooks, advertising, and in interactive Choose your Own adventure books.
What is 2nd person POV
"She is carrying the weight of the world right now."
"He is an Einstein."
These are examples of what literary device?
What is an allusion?
"Her voice was like a knife."
What does this suggest about the character?
What is she is cruel and unkind
"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams/Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;/ And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes/ Of the beautiful Annabel Lee/."
This is the mood of this excerpt from Poe's Poem, Annabel Lee
Novellas such as Animal Farm, as well as poems like Hope is the Thing with Feathers, compare a two unlike things throughout the entire work.
What is an extended metaphor?
"The sun smiled down on the children playing." What is the effect of this figurative language?
What is it create a cheerful mood?
"Seriously funny"
"Deafening silence"
"jumbo shrimp"
Are all examples of this figurative language
What is an oxymoron?
Why would an author choose to repeat a phrase multiple times?
What is to emphasize an idea?
"Thunder rattled the windows, and shadows crept along the walls as the house groaned in the wind."
How does the author's word choice impact the tone and mood of the passage?
What is the tone is ominous or foreboding and the mood is tense and suspenseful.
A work that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize human vices, follies, or abuses. Animal Farm is an example of this genre of literature.
What is satire?
This is a long speech given by one character, usually revealing thoughts or feelings.
(Example: Antony's soliloquy in Julius Caesar)
What is a monologue?