Figurative Language 1
"The cat's fur is as dark as the night" is a .......
simile
"The car sighed at the end of the long trip" is.....
personification
The people or animals in a story are...
characters
The "paragraphs" in a poem....
stanzas
The lesson or moral of a story....
theme
"Terry's eyes are the clear blue ocean" is a......
metaphor
"Louie laughed at the silly llama" is an......
alliteration
Where and when the story takes place is...
setting
When the word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line...
end rhyme
The term that means, "to make a statement that something is true."
claim
"I asked you a million times to clean your room" is .....
hyperbole
"Boom"
"Clank"
"Buzz"
onomatopoeia
The problem in a story is....
conflict
The speakers attitude toward the subject of the poem...
tone
What someone gives or states to prove something is true.....
evidence
"It's raining cats and dogs."
"Let the cat out of the bag."
idiom
Language that created pictures in our mind is....
imagery
The high point or most exciting part of a story is....
climax
When a word at the beginning or middle of a line rhymes with the word at the end of a line.....
internal rhyme
To show your sources....
cite
Something that represents something else is a....
Example: the flag means freedom
symbol
A vet who is afraid of animals is an example of....
irony
The sequence of events in a story is...
plot
The beat of the poem....
meter
These are words that describe a character's personality or qualities.
character traits