Figurative Language/Rhetorical Devices
Literature
POV
Plot
Potpurri
100
A comparison betweeen two different things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
These are lessons about love, betrayal, power, and freedom are prevalent across diverse literary works.
What are themes?
100
What POV stand for.
What is Point of View?
100
The major turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
100
When Rose has a profound realization and her thinking becomes clear as to what to do...
What is an epiphany?
200
This rhetorical device uses the same sounding word at least twice!
What is rhyme?
200
This person tells the story.
Who is the narrator?
200
When the author writes in the first-hand perspective of a character; uses words like I, me, we, my...
What is first person?
200
The main problem in the story that must be solved.
What is conflict?
200
The king of fruits! It's used here for a bit of humor.
What is durian?
300
Stop exaggerating! You're not going to die if your mom doesn't let you go shopping this weekend!
What is hyperbole?
300
These are the people or animals in a story. Sometimes they are known as protagonists or if a villian, an antagonist!
What are characters?
300
You walk into the room. You get chills down your back. You sit down and take a big breath. This POV is often related to giving instructions, or meditation.
What is second person?
300
The first part of a story that introduces characters and setting.
What is exposition?
300
Authors may use different characters, settings, symbols, or events to explore various facets of this.
What are themes?
400
What is alliteration?
400
The setting includes these TWO important elements.
What are time and place? *where, when*
400
When we know the thoughts and feelings of one character only.
What is third person limited?
400
The main events of a story are called this.
What is the plot?
400
Once Rose makes the decision to give Jak the drink, there's no turning back. This is the turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
500
This type of metaphor continues through an entire piece of poetry, story, or song...
What is an extended or sustained metaphor?
Sometimes called a conceit.
500
the final solution or untangling of the conflicts or difficulties that make up the plot of a literary work.
What is the denoument?
500
When we know the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters. God-like knowledge...
What is third person omniscient?
500
When a character in a story relives something in the past. It's often shown in movies by a cloudy background and harplike music.
What is a flashback?
500
A warning about a movie or plot event is called this
What is a SPOILER ALERT?