Figures of Speech
This is any comparison of two unlike things?
What is analogy or metaphor?
This is a normal style of writing as used in a story or report.
What is prose?
Words that begin with the same consonant sound
What is alliteration
This is the sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
This is when a character in the story tells the story from their point of view using "I, me, & we" pronouns.
What is first person point of view?
What is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This is a highly musical style of writing that is written in verse and expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author.
What is poetry?
Words that sound alike
What is rhyme
This is the high point of the conflict?
What is climax?
This is when the author tells the story from only one person's point of view but uses the pronouns: he, she, they, them".
What is 3rd person limited point of view?
What is a phrase or saying that uses over exaggeration?
What is hyperbole?
This is when the author tells their own life story.
What is autobiography?
Words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is what happens after the climax to the story.
What is Falling Action, Resolution or Denoument?
This is when the author allows the reader to know everyone's thoughts & feelings.
What is omniscient 3rd person point of view?
What is any phrase or saying that is not meant to be taken literally and every culture has their own sayings.
What are idioms?
This is when the author writes about someone else's life.
What is biography?
Words, phrases, or clauses that occur over and over for emphasis or to add a rhythm to poetry.
What is repetition?
This breaks up the normal order of events to show something that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
This is when the author writes giving their thoughts and feelings on a subject.
What is subjective point of view?
This comparison uses human characteristics or speech on something that is not human.
What is personification?
This is a long fictional narrative.
What is a novel?
This creates a repetitive pattern of sounds created by the syllables in words.
What is rhythm?
This is something that hints at something that may or may not happen in the future events of the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This is when the author does not state their opinions, but sticks only to the facts.
What is objective point of view?