Figurative Language
an exaggerated statement that emphasizes the significance of the statement’s actual meaning
Hyperbole
What is syntax?
Word order and sentence structure
Give me an example of Alliteration
Student choice. Repetition of the beginning sound of a word.
Word choice
Example of an oxymoron
small crowd
slowly sprinting
pretty ugly
old news
only choice
Everyone in your group has to give me a different example of personification
Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions
What is a round or dynamic character?
A character that develops throughout the course of the story.
involves a character speaking their thoughts aloud, usually at length
Soliloquy
What is an Archetype?
a “universal symbol” that brings familiarity and context to a story
What is an antithesis?
Direct opposite
Everyone in your group must give an example of Indirect Characterization
How the character is described by the author or other characters
What is a "Foil"?
A group of poetic lines corresponding to paragraphs in prose; the meters and rhymes are usually repeating or systematic.
Stanza
a short and informal reference or quotation that authors assume their readers will recognize. Usually a famous person or event.
Allusion
A writer's attitude towards the subject
Tone
What does the mockingbird in To Kill A Mockingbird symbolize?
Innocence
when the author hints at events yet to come in a story
Foreshadowing
when the readers know more about the situation going on than at least one of the characters involved
Dramatic Irony
A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
Tragedy
A recurring symbol, concept, or image within a story that contributes to the main idea or theme.
Motif
Everyone in your group must list a type of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
metaphor, simile, imagery, hyperbole, personification, allusion, pun, Onomatopoeia...
Latin term for "In the midst of" - Used to describe a story that begins in the middle of the action
in media res
What is the repetition of vowel sounds?
Assonance
a word or phrase preceding or following a name which serves to describe the character
epithet
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues
Satire