LANGUAGE ARTS TERMS
When one thing is called by the name of a different thing, such as
"You're a pig."
Metaphor
A work written by an author about his or her own life (name as many terms for this as you can!)
autobiography?
memoir?
etc.
Frank Herbert
(Dune)
20th century
(1920-1986)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Hamlet
Hamlet
A comparison between two un-similar things, such as:
"My Precalculus class is like a bad dream..."
Simile
What is tragedy?
Mary Shelley
(Frankenstein)
19th century (1800s)*
*1797-1851
Frankenstein
The US Constitution
The US Constitution
An obviously non-literal expression such as
"I'm really in a pickle."
Idiom
A scenario that
a. is funny, or
b. ends happily (traditionally, with a marriage)
What is comedy?
Alexandre Dumas
(The Count of Monte Cristo)
19th century (1800s)
1802-1870
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings
(It's complicated.)
A statement that contradicts itself and, yet, is somehow true in a sense
such as:
"I have a love-hate relationship with school..."
Paradox
A long poem that usually deals with the exploits of heroes
(also a common adjective these days)
What is an epic?
William Shakespeare
Born in the 16th (1500s)
Died in the 17th (1600s)
1564-1616
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
An obvious overstatement
such as
"This afternoon is, like, a thousand years long."
Hyperbole
A work in which strange or unusual things happen-- but seem to be normal and unremarkable within the world of the story
What is magical realism?
The printing press
15th century
(approx. 1450)
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Three Musketeers
It's a tie!
Both finished and published in 1844