Figurative Language Definitions
This type of figurative language compares two or more things using "like" or "as"
Simile
What example of figurative language is this?
"Buzz! Thwack! Zing!"
Onomatopeia
A literary device that employs sensory details to create a thorough description of the setting/characters (what you can see, hear, smell, taste, feel).
Imagery
In "A Christmas Carol," Scrooge begins the story as a miserable, greedy man. As the ghosts appear, he begins to understand the need for empathy and connection with others.
What literary element is this an example of?
Dynamic character
Sequence of events in a story
Plot
A word that represents a sound/noise
Onomatopeia
What example of figurative language is this?
"Now I know your Kryptonite, James."
Allusion
The overall meaning or deeper message of a story conveyed by the author.
Theme
In The Outsiders Ponyboy wondered what it was like inside a burning ember. Later in the story, he finds himself in a fire at the church.
His wonder early in the story is an example of what literary device?
Foreshadowing
Provides the background information on the characters and the setting at the beginning of a story.
Exposition
An exaggeration made for dramatic effect
Hyperbole
What example of figurative language is this?
"Observe the white web-work which gleams from these cavern walls."
Alliteration
When an object, color, action, character, or thing represents a deeper meaning or message.
Symbolism
As readers, we knew that Juliet was just sleeping. The characters believed she was actually dead.
What is this an example of?
Dramatic irony
The point of the story where the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and the main character experiences the most intense emotions.
Climax
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a phrase/sentence.
Alliteration
What example of figurative language is this?
"The thousand insults of Fortunado I had borne as best I could."
Hyperbole
What type of literary device is this?
A character says something but thinks/means something else entirely.
Verbal Irony
In The Scarlet Ibis, the color red represents a warning. Red often represents blood and danger.
What is this an example of?
A series of events where the main character faces opposition and the conflict grows.
What is an allusion in literature?
A reference to something (character, figure, person, movie, book, place, etc.) that exists outside of the text, sometimes without directly mentioning it.
What example of figurative language is this?
"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."
Overall feeling created conveyed by the story to the reader
Mood
Cask of Amontillado -
Revenge; keep your friends close, but your enemies closer; what goes around comes around
What is this an example of?
Theme
Draw and label the plot pattern IN ORDER!
Exposition
Rising action
climax
falling action
resolution