Figures
A figure of speech that compares two things.
What is a metaphor?
The main character in the story.
What is the protagonist?
The topic or subject of the writing.
What is theme?
To draw a conclusion by reasoning from facts and information found in the passage.
What is infer?
The emotional suggestions implied by a word, a meaning?
What is connotative?
A figure of speech comparing one thing with another thing of a different kind and uses the words as or like.
What is a simile?
A person or group of people who are against the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
Interruptions that writers do during the story about past events to provide background.
What is flashback?
To make a brief statement about the main points of the story or passage.
What is summarize?
The direct definition of a word, literal meaning.
What is denotative?
Giving human qualities to something that isn’t human or alive.
What is personification?
To express oneself, to provide information, to persuade, or to create a literary work.
What is purpose?
Figurative language that appeals to the physical senses.
What is imagery?
To make a guess about something that will happen in the future.
What is a prediction?
A state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects.
What is irony?
The general mood or attitude of a piece of writing.
What is tone?
Literature in the form of prose, that describes imaginary events and people.
What is fiction?
The narrator’s position in relation to the story being told (includes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person).
What is point-of-view?
Work in which special intensity is given to the ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.
What is poetry?
The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
What is sarcasm?
Who the author writes their piece for, the reader.
What is audience?
Prose writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.
What is non-fiction?
The point at which a conflict or crisis reaches its peak in a story.
What is the climax?
To tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue.
What is drama?
A situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities.
What is a paradox?