Figurative Language
Uses like or as to compare two unlike things.
What is a Simile?
Example: Conflict where the protagonist is struggling against some force outside of himself/herself.
What is external conflict?
Example: "You" and "Your"
What is 2nd person?
Example: What do we call a problem faced by a character or characters. It is never in the exposition.
What is conflict?
Definition: The development of characters throughout the plot of a story
What is characterization?
Exaggeration used for emphasis
What is Hyperbole?
Example: The character is fighting off a big bear.
What is character versus nature?
Example: When the author gives the thoughts and feelings of more than more one character using the name or the pronoun for the name.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
Example: The part of the story where things return to OR attempt to return to normal.
What is resolution?
Definition: The emotions or feelings that you associate with a word.
What is connotation?
Comparison that uses forms of "to be"
What is Metaphor?
Example: A conflict that occurs without any outside force.
What is internal conflict or character versus self?
Example: When the author gives the thoughts and feelings of only one character using names or he, she, and they pronouns.
What is 3rd person limited?
Example: The point in the story when the conflict is addressed and a change occurs, usually within the main character.
What is climax?
Definition: The way an author uses language, vocabulary, and dialogue within a story.
What is style?
buzz, hum, fizz, pow are all examples
What is an onomatopoeia?
Example: When a character has a verbal argument with another character (i.e., verbal, physical).
What is character versus character (man vs man) conflict?
Example: The narrative is written using "I" and it feels like the author is the character.
What is 1st person?
Example: The chain of related events that tells us what happens in a story.
What is plot?
Definition: Denotation
What is the literal/dictionary meaning of terms?
"The stars will cry the blackest tears tonight.
What is personification?
Example: When a character battles with systems in place (i.e., government) or technology (i.e., artificial intelligence).
What is character versus society conflict?
Example: What gives the reader instructions and is not often used?
What is 2nd person?
Example: This part of the plot includes events that add tension or lead to a major turning point.
What is rising action?
Definition (s): The author's voice or attitude that comes across in what he or she writes and what this creates in a reader.
What is tone and mood?