Definitions 1
____________ is the comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
_____________ is when the author hints at actions that will come in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
____________ is the comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
She was as sly as a fox.
What is a simile?
(Teacher talking to her quiet class)... "Don't all speak at once."
What is irony?
_________ is a literary device that allows writers to show their audience specific events that happened before the current action of the story.
What is flashback?
____________ is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words.
What is alliteration?
___________ is a word that describes words that represent sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
A rainbow is a sign of hope.
What is a symbol?
I walked down into the dark basement and stepped on the final creaking step.
What is foreshadowing?
_________ is an exaggeration of fact used either for serious or comic effect.
What is hyperbole?
___________ is a writer's vivid description that helps reader visualize.
What is imagery?
____________ when authors give human traits to animals or some other lifeless object.
What is personification?
The car screeched to a stop.
What is onomatopoeia?
Every Tuesday Fred sits in the coffee shop enjoying a latte.
What is a motif?
__________ is when a writer makes a reference to another historical event, book, or person.
What is allusion?
___________ is the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning.
___________ is a concrete or physical object that represents an abstract concept.
What is a symbol?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
We have discussed this 500 times.
What is hyperbole?
_________ is a reoccurring feature, such as a name, image, or phrase, in a work of literature.
What is motif?
_________ is a statement that seems untrue, but reveals a kind of truth.
____________ is a short story that is told to make a point.
What is an anecdote?
The autumn leave lay like a blanket on the ground.
What is imagery?
Alice looked like the Empire State Building.
What is allusion?