Irony
The exact opposite of what is expected.
What is Irony?
Uses the pronouns "you and your"
What is second person?
A type of figurative language that compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a Simile?
The way in which an author shows the personality of a character.
What is Characterization?
The specific reason a person has for doing something.
What is Purpose?
The exact opposite of what we expect to occur.
What is situational Irony?
Uses the pronouns "I, Me, We, Us"
What is First person?
Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing IS the other.
What is a Metaphor?
The struggle between two forces.
What is Conflict?
The "bad guy" in the story.
What is the Antagonist?
The audience knows something is going to happen to the main character (like in a horror film and Romeo and Juliet)
What is Dramatic irony?
Uses the pronouns, "He, She, They". No feelings or thoughts are revealed.
What is Third person objective?
Figurative Language that describes animals, things, or ideas as having human qualities.
What is Personification?
The events that take place in a story.
What is Plot?
Hints or clues about what will happen next in a story.
What is Foreshadowing?
What is said is the opposite of what is meant. For example, if someone said, "What a beautiful day to go to the beach!" and it is raining outside.
What is Verbal irony?
Uses the pronouns, "He, She, It, They". Only the thoughts and feelings of one or two of the characters are revealed.
What is Third person limited?
When something in one text makes a reader think of another text written before it.
What is Allusion?
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place, or development.
What is Tone?
A word or phrase that serves as an image of some person, place, thing or action but that also calls to mind some other usually broader, idea or range of ideas.
What is Symbol?
Irony is NOT...
What is coincidence, bad luck, and a joke?
Uses the pronouns, "He, She, They." The thoughts and feelings of all the characters are revealed.
What is Third person omniscient?
The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition.
What is Connotation?
A play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings.
What is a Pun?
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.
What is Parallelism?