Figurative Language
An example of this type of figurative language:
I ran as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
This is the term for what the key concept that a text or piece of writing is conveying for the reader.
What is a main idea?
Anne Frank was divided into two of these.
What are acts?
This part of speech has been underlined:
The fluffy Golden Retriever puppy quickly ran along the trees.
What is a noun?
The main character of the story.
What is a protagonist?
An example of this type of figurative language:
POW!
What is an onomatopoeia?
The reason an author wrote the story/piece of writing
Acts are broken up into smaller sections called these.
What are scenes?
This part of speech has been underlined:
The fluffy Golden Retriever puppy quickly ran along the trees.
What is a preposition?
This is the second part in the plot diagram that builds towards the climax.
What is rising action?
An example of this type of figurative language:
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
This term strengthens your main idea. They can include evidence or examples in your writing.
What are supporting details?
This is the term for the dialogue spoken by the characters.
What are lines?
This part of speech has been underlined:
The fluffy Golden Retriever puppy quickly ran along the trees.
What is a verb?
The feeling the reader gets from a piece of writing.
What is mood?
An example of this type of figurative language:
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
This is the overall message, moral, or lesson from a piece of fiction text.
What is a theme?
This is the term for when the audience knows more than the characters do in the play.
What is dramatic irony?
This part of speech has been underlined:
The fluffy Golden Retriever puppy quickly ran along the trees.
What is an adverb?
An example is this type of conflict:
While stranded in the wilderness, Zoey develops frostbite.
What is character vs. nature?
An example of this type of figurative language:
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
HINT: It is NOT a hyperbole
What is an idiom?
This is the term for an educated guess based on the information you have received from the text or prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
An interruption in the story that tells about something in detail as it occurred before that point in the story or before the story began.
What is a flashback?
This part of speech has been underlined:
The fluffy Golden Retriever puppy quickly ran along the trees.
What is an adjective?
In this type of point of view, the narrator is outside the story and knows all the characters thoughts, feelings, why they act the way they do, can reveal any or all events.
What is third person omniscient?