Figurative Language
An example is "My love is like a red, red rose."
What is a simile?
The type of essay you will write on the STAAR test; its purpose is to explain.
What is expository?
The point of view where the narrator is a character in the story; uses the pronoun "I."
What is first person?
Using a person, thing, or object to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
The universal message of a story.
What is theme?
A direct comparison of two unlike things, without using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Words or phrases that connect one idea to the next.
What are transitions?
This type of narrator's credibility is questionable, cannot be fully trusted.
What is unreliable narrator?
The repeated use of the same word or phrase, usually for emphasis.
What is repetition?
The feeling the reader gets from a story; it can be joyous, depressing, peaceful, tense, etc.
Giving human traits (qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics) to non-living things.
What is personification?
What is a thesis?
When the author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
Repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line.
What is alliteration?
Figuring out something in the text that the author does not directly state, combining your own background knowledge with clues from the text.
What is inference?
Splash, boom, buzz, and gurgle are examples.
What is onomatopoeia?
The last paragraph of an essay; it wraps everything up and lets the reader know you're finished.
What is conclusion?
In the plot diagram, it is the struggle between opposing forces which drives the action of the story; the problem of a story.
What is conflict?
The persuasive technique that appeals to emotions in the reader (ethos, pathos, or logos).
What is pathos?
A literary technique used to create meaning that seems to contradict the literal meaning.
What is irony?
Deliberately making a situation seem smaller or less important than it really is.
What is understatement?
The first step in writing an essay; it is very important not to skip it.
What is prewriting or planning?
The point of view in which the narrator is not part of the story but tells about the other characters with a view of what only one character sees and feels.
What is third person limited?
The persuasive technique that appeals to logic or reason (ethos, pathos, or logos).
What is logos?
A shortened version of a text that gives the main idea and only the most important details.
What is a summary?