Figurative Language
When two of more words in a group of words being with the same sound (usually, the same letter or group of letters).
What is alliteration?
The point in a play, novel, short story, or narrative poem at which the conflict reaches its greatest intensity and is then resolved.
What is the climax?
The opponent or enemy of the main character, or protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
An object, setting, event, animal, or person that on one level is itself, but that has another meaning as well.
What is a symbol?
Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions.
What is personification?
A struggle between opposing forces. It may be external or internal.
What is a conflict?
A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of a story. This may change in understanding, values, insight, etc.
What is a dynamic character?
Language that portrays sensory experiences, or experiences of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
What is imagery?
The conversation between characters in a work of literature.
What is dialogue?
The comparison of two unlike things to illuminate a particular quality or aspect or one of those things.
What is a metaphor?
The sequence of events in a story. It includes the opening event, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.
What is plot?
A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of a story.
What is a static character?
There are three types of this: dramatic, situational, and verbal.
What is irony?
The feeling the reader gets from a work of literature.
What is mood?
Extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect; and extravagant statement that it not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
The environment in which a story takes place, including the time period, the location, and the physical characteristics of the surroundings.
What is the setting?
The main or central character of a work of literature. Usually, the main character is involved in a conflict or struggle with the antagonist.
What is a protagonist?
The means through which an author reveals a character's personality. It may be direct or indirect.
What is characterization?
When two unlike things are compared-using like or as-in order to illuminate a particular quality or aspect of one of those things.
What is a simile?
The use of words whose sounds imitate the sounds of what they describe, such as hiss, murmur, growl, hoot, etc.
What is an onomatopoeia?
A story's main message or moral.
What is the theme?
A character who does not play a large role in a story. They usually do not face any obstacle during the course of the story, and they usually do not change during the course of the story.
What is a minor character?
Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The author's attitude toward the subject matter or toward the reader or audience.
What is tone?