Figurative Language
A comparison using "like" or "as" (ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates.")
What is a simile?
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
The main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
When you represent an idea or quality with a physical object.
What is Symbolism?
The feeling created by a piece of literature for the reader. (Ex. Joyful, Mournful)
What is mood?
A direct comparison (ex. "The front is a cage.")
What is a metaphor?
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
When an author is instructing, entertaining, or persuading the reader.
What is the purpose?
Using words or expressions to convey a meaning that is different from the literal.
What is figurative language?
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject, often showing how he/she feels.
What is tone?
Giving human characteristics to non-humans. (ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze.")
What is personification?
When the audience knows something a character does not. A gap in knowledge. (ex. Oedipus)
What is dramatic irony?
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making an educated guess.
What is an inference?
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
An internal or external force that a character struggles with.
What is a conflict?
The words an author chooses to use, especially the associated denotation and connotations.
What is diction?
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature or art. (ex. Why Edmond Dantes was given that last name in THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO)
What is an allusion?
How a passage is organized. (ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.)
What is structure?
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. (ex: broken baby bottle)
What is alliteration?
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect (ex. living death, jumbo shrimp)
What is an oxymoron?
Extreme exaggeration. (ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.")
What is a hyperbole?
A pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages. Can be a character, plot, image, or setting. (ex. hero, damsel in distress)
What is an archetype?
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What is a rhetorical question?
A type of statement or claim that is based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. (ex: "That book was boring.")
What is subjective?