Figurative Language
Characters in Chains
Vocabulary Words
Literary Devices
Narrative Writing
100

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence:
“The classroom was a zoo.”

Metaphor

100

This brave and determined enslaved girl is the main narrator of Chains.

Isabel

100

A word that means family members or relatives.

Kin

100

This literary device is the main message or lesson an author wants the reader to learn.

Theme

100

The person telling the story or the perspective from which the story is told.

Point of view

200

This figurative language gives human qualities to animals or objects.

Personification

200

This character is Isabel’s younger sister, whose innocence and kindness contrast with Isabel’s anger.

Ruth

200

This word means feeling or showing deep sadness.

Mournful

200

The time and place in which a story occurs is known as this literary element.

Setting

200

The sequence of events in a story, usually including a beginning, middle, and end.

Plot

300

This figurative language device uses the words like or as to make a comparison.

Simile

300

This cruel Loyalist owns Isabel and Ruth and frequently reminds them they are her “property.”

Madam Lockton

300

If someone is secretly working together with others, especially to do something wrong, they are in this.

Cahoots

300

This literary device refers to the struggle between opposing forces in a story.

Conflict

300

The person, object, or force that creates obstacles for the main character in a story.

Antagonist
400

“The wind howled angrily through the night” is an example of this type of figurative language.

Personification

400

This wealthy Loyalist husband of Madam Lockton uses silence and authority to control those around him.

Mr or Elihu Lockton

400

This verb means to officially set free from slavery.

Manumit

400

Clues and hints an author gives to suggest future events in a story are called this literary device.

Foreshadowing

400

The part of the story where the tension is highest and the main character faces a turning point.

Climax

500

Exaggeration used for emphasis, not meant to be taken literally, is called this figurative language device.

Hyperbole

500

This slave boy works for the Patriots and secretly pushes Isabel to spy in exchange for a promise of freedom.

Curzon

500

This noun describes complete disorder or confusion.

Chaos
500

When the reader knows something the character does not, this literary device is being used.

Dramatic irony

500

The part of the story where the problem is solved and the story comes to a close.

Resolution

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