FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
NAME THAT EXAMPLE
TEST TAKING SKILLS
NAME THAT ELEMENT
MORE ELEMENTS
100
A comparison using the words "like" or "as"
What is SIMILE?
100
The grass waved as the gentle breeze blew.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
100
You should do this as the opening for your constructed response
What is INTRODUCTION?
100
What literary element uses clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot?
What is FORESHADOWING?
100

What is the author's attitude toward the subject in a text?

What is TONE?

200

What literary elements compares two unlike things without using like or as?

What is METAPHOR?

200
Molly is like a dream. She is fanciful and imaginative.
What is SIMILE?
200
Before reading any passage you should do this...
What is READ THE QUESTIONS?
200

When looking for this, you should check the first paragraph or sentence.

What is the MAIN IDEA?

200

What is the emotional response a reader has to the text?

What is MOOD?
300

What literary element describes the repeated use of a consonant sound in a sentence or phrase?

What is ALLITERATION?

300
There was a cat/ Who was jolly and fat/
What is RHYME?
300

Read this question: Which sentence "best" describes the main idea? In the question, what does the word "best" indicate?

What is, that THERE IS MORE THAN ONE RIGHT ANSWER?

300
What is the time and place which a story occurs?
What is THE SETTING?
300

What is the overall message the author makes (NOT the theme or moral)?

What is the CENTRAL IDEA?

400

The use of details and descriptions that create a mental picture for the reader. (Remember "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh")

What is IMAGERY?

400
Her words were daggers piercing his soul.
What is METAPHOR?
400

If you cannot figure out the best answer, choice you practice this process

What is PROCESS OF ELIMINATION?

400
What is a lesson about life revealed in a work of literature?
What is THEME?
400

What are the four different types of conflicts in a story?

What is CHARACTER vs. CHARACTER, CHARACTER vs. SELF, CHARACTER vs. NATURE and CHARACTER vs. SOCIETY (or TECHNOLOGY)?

500

What literary elements gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or animals?

What is a PERSONIFICATION?

500
SLASH! BANG! WHIP! BUZZ!
What is ONOMATOPOEIA
500

What should you do if you are uncertain about the answer to a question?

What is, if possible, REFER BACK TO THE TEXT?

500

What is the author's reason for writing?

What is AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: TO INFORM, TO PERSUADE, and TO ENTERTAIN?

500

What is dramatic, verbal and situational?

What is IRONY?

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