Figurative Language
figurative language that gives human characteristics or traits to an inanimate object, abstraction, or animal to create imagery
personification
What type of sensory language is this?
She looked like Cinderella in a teal dress that shined so bright it was blinding
What is sight?
In Romeo and Juliet when Romeo believes Juliet is dead, but she isn't.
What is Dramatic Irony?
a type of fiction in which a made-up story is set during a real historical time or event
What is cultural setting?
Up or Down
Down = +1,000 points
Up= +1,000 points for the other team
a word that sounds like the noise it refers to
What is onomatopoeia?
Give me an example of touch.
Example: What is the rough and scaly surface of the tree trunk?
If someone quips about the “lovely weather” when it’s raining cats and dogs
What is verbal irony?
a type of fiction in which a made-up story is set during a real historical time or event
What is Historical fiction?
Odd or Even
Even = -300 points
Odds = +650 points
a word or phrase that references something else
allusion
How does sensory language help create the mood in a story?
Example: What is it that allows the reader to understand how the character in the story feels or why something is happening?
calling an unpleasant person “a real charmer”
What is sarcasm?
Could you give me a general definition of context?
What is the set of circumstances in which an event or situation takes place affects the behavior and reactions of the people involved, and that can help explain and interpret what is happening and why?
(If is somewhat similar then its correct)
Right or Left
Left = steal 200 points from the other team
Right = nothing
a saying that has a figurative meaning that is different from its literal meaning
What is idiom?
the author’s attitude toward the events or characters of a literary text, as conveyed through word choices and the use of literary devices
What is tone?
a statement or situation that appears to contradict itself but upon reflection might express a hidden truth or deeper meaning
What is Paradox?
Authors use ________ and _________ to craft cultural settings with which readers may not be familiar.
A. Sensory language and figurative language
B. Description and figurative language
C. Description and Kinesthetic
D. Sensory Language and Kinesthetic
What is answer B. Description and figurative language
Yay or Nay
Nay = +250 points
Yay = +150 points for the other team
a figure of speech created by placing two words with opposite or conflicting meanings next to each other to create an effect
What is oxymoron?
Sensory language can also include _______ descriptions, which relate to a character or object's sense of movement and action.
What is Kinesthetic?
A family packs for a beach vacation, and then it rains all week.
What is Situational irony?
What do authors of historical fiction often use to provide context and describe the experience of living in a different environment and a different time?
What is Imagery?
Yes or No
Yes = 800 points
No = 350 points to the other team