Figurative Language
"A hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy forehead gaze;
Two hundred to adore each breast;
But thirty thousand to the rest."
What is a hyperbole?
monogamy, polygamy, and bigamy all have the same Greek root - gam - which means this.
What is marriage?
The writer's attitude toward the subject is created by the language used in the text.
What is tone?
The setting and the characters in a story are usually revealed in this part of the plot.
What is the exposition?
One of the characters tells the story using the pronoun "I" or "we."
What is first person point of view?
Define denotation.
What is the dictionary definition of a word?
"Hear the mellow wedding bells,
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony foretells!"
What is assonance?
Democracy and epidemic both have the same Greek root - dem - which means this.
What is poeple?
And now I know my heart is a ghost town
My heart is a ghost town
What is symbolism?
The series of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
Bonus (10): Plot is associated with what type of literature, fiction or non-fiction?
You always ignore this when you are determining the point of view.
What is the dialogue?
Bonus (10): WHY do we ignore the dialogue?
A word may have a meaning through the emotions and feelings that the reader attaches to it.
What is connotation?
Bonus (10): We have identified two types of connotation for words. What are they?
“The moan of doves in immemorial elms,
And murmuring of innumerable bees…”
What is onomatopoeias?
Juvenile and rejuvenate both have the same Latin root - juven - which means this.
What is young?
The author hints at what is coming later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The turning point in the story. The point where the character comes face to face with the conflict. The point of greatest suspense.
What is the climax?
The narrator is not a character in the story and only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is third person limited point of view?
A synonym is a word that means the same thing as another word, but an antonym _____________ .
What is a word that has the opposite meaning?
But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath.
What is personification?
Immigrant and migrate both have the same Latin root - migr - which means this.
What is to move?
The author's precise use of language is one element that contributes to the overall emotional feeling or atmosphere of the text. This feeling/atmosphere is the __________ .
What is mood?
The events in the story that lead up to the climax.
What is rising action?
The narrator addresses the reader and uses the pronouns "you" and "your."
What is second person point of view?
Authors do not always directly state the information they want the reader to know. Instead, the reader must use evidence in the text, along with with background knowledge, and __________________ the answers.
What is infer?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
What is alliteration?
Primary and primitive both have the same Latin root - prim - which means this.
What is first?
A character may think back to an earlier time or the narrator may describe an earlier incident to provide prior information.
What is a flashback?
An inciting incident or the initiating event is where this is introduced in the story. It may have occurred before the story begins.
What is the conflict?
The narrator is not a character in the story and knows nothing about the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters--only what can be seen.
What is third person objective point of view?
The reader uses the information in the surrounding words and sentences to define an unfamiliar word. The reader is using _____________ .
What is context clues?
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
What is an oxymoron?
Astronomy and asterisk both have the same Greek root - astr - which means this.
What is star?
After the falling action, the conflict is settled and the loose ends of the story are wrapped up in this part of the plot.
What is the resolution?
The narrator is not a character in the story and knows everything about the characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is third person omniscient?
A prefix is the beginning part of a word. A suffix is the end part of a word. The base of the word is the _____.
What is the root word?