Figurative Language Examples
Name the figurative language: The stars danced in the night.
Personification
When & where a story takes place.
Setting
Two things included in an introduction paragraph
Summary & Thesis
A person, place, or thing
Noun
subject
Identify the example: The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
The person telling a story
Acronym used for body paragraphs
Topic
Introduce Scene
Cite Evidence
Explain
The action word in a sentence
Verb
The verb part of the sentence
Predicate
Name the figurative language: He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
The problem of a story
Conflict
When you take something from the text and put in your essay using quotation marks, you are...
citing evidence
Two parts of speech that DESCRIBE other words in a sentence
Adjectives & Adverbs
Every sentence needs these three things
Subject; Predicate; Complete Thought
Name the figurative language: He was a hurricane when he entered the room.
Metaphor
The moral or lesson of a story
Theme
The sentence that tells exactly what your essay is about
Thesis Statement
Words that connect words or parts of sentences
Conjunctions
Words that start a dependent clause
Subordinating Conjunctions/Relative Pronouns
Name the figurative language: It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
Language that appeals to the five senses
Imagery
The most important part of your conclusion paragraph
Restated Thesis
Words that show relationship between words or where something is located
Prepositions
A group of words that has a NOUN and a VERB but does not express a complete thought
Dependent Clause