Figurative Language
This device compares two different things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This term names the main events in a story.
What is plot?
This narrator is a character and uses “I” or “we.
What is first-person point of view?
These hints near a new word help readers figure out its meaning
What are context clues?
This describes how an author feels about a topic, shown through word choices.
What is tone?
This device gives a non-human thing a human action, such as “The clock frowned.”
What is personification?
This term means the time and place where a story happens.
What is setting?
This narrator speaks directly to the reader using “you.”
What is second-person point of view?
This is the dictionary meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
This is an author's reason for writing.
What is author's purpose?
This device repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words, as in “Peter picked peppers.”
What is alliteration?
This is the main problem in a story.
What is conflict?
This narrator is outside the story and uses “he,” “she,” or “they.”
What is third-person point of view?
This is the feeling or idea a word suggests beyond its dictionary meaning.
What is connotation?
This is the way an author uses language to express ideas.
What is style?
This device uses an exaggerated statement that is not meant literally.
What is hyperbole?
This is the lesson or message of a story.
What is theme?
This narrator knows every character’s thoughts and feelings.
What is an omniscient narrator?
These are tools such as dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauruses.
What are reference materials?
This is a change in direction, tone, narration, or focus in a text.
What is a shift?
This expression has a meaning different from the exact meanings of its words, such as “break the ice.
What is an idiom?
This is a short account of a story’s main events, told in your own words.
What is a summary?
This describes how a character’s way of seeing events can shape the story.
What is a character’s perspective?
This knowledge a reader already has can help explain a new word or text.
What is background knowledge?
This is persuasive speaking or writing.
What is rhetoric?