Figurative Language
Plot Diagram
Figurative Lang. Ex
100

This type of figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as.”

Simile

100

This part of the plot diagram introduces the characters, setting, and background information.

Exposition/ Introduction

100

He is as skinny as a toothpick is an example of what?

Smilie

200

This figurative language gives human qualities to animals or objects

Personification 

200

This part of the plot Diagram shows events after the climax.

Falling Action

200

His brain is the size of a grape seed is an example of what?

Metaphor

300

This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.

Metaphor 

300

This is the most exciting moment in the story.

Climax

300

The wind howled through the night is an example of what?

Personification

400

A figure of speech where words imitate sound  

Onomatopoeia

400

This part of the plot includes events that build suspense and lead to the main conflict.

Rising Action

400

I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant is an example of what?

Hyperbole

500

a literary device that repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words

Alliteration

500

This final stage of the plot reveals how the story end.

Resolution

500

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of what?

Alliteration