Figurative Language
A set expression or phrase comprised of two or more words that are not interpreted literally, and means something very different from what the individual words would imply.
Example: It's raining cats and dogs!
What is an idiom?
A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This is the point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a narrative. It typically comes at the turning point in a story or drama.
What is the climax?
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story or play.
What is conflict?
A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.
What is a character?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Example: click
What is onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech that compares or equates two or more things that have something in common without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
The part of the plot that begins to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced, and adds complications to the conflict and increases reader interest.
What is the rising action?
The time and place of the action in a story that includes all the details of that place and time, such as the year, time of day, and even the weather.
What is the setting?
The main character in a literary work and the character or force in conflict with them. (You must give both terms in order to get the points.)
What are the protagonist and antagonist?
The repetition of sounds, most often consonants, at the beginning of words, thereby giving emphasis.
Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
What is personification?
The action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results.
What is falling action?
The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.
What is resolution?
This uses figures of speech (i.e. metaphors, similes, and allusions) to be more effective, persuasive, and impactful. It goes beyond the literal meaning of words to give readers new insights and make the text more interesting.
What is figurative language.
An obvious and intentional exaggeration.
Example: I'm so tired that I could sleep for a million years!
What is hyperbole?
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
What is a symbol?
The introduction of a literary work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is exposition?
The sequence of events in a literary work; the first event causes the second event, the second event causes the third event, and so forth.
What is plot?
The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told, and is the relationship of the narrator to the story.
What is point of view?
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses and are used to describe how subjects look, smell, feel, sound, and taste.
What is imagery?
The material that follows the resolution and ties up loose ends.
What is dénouement?
These are the two main types of conflict.
(Hint: Not man versus something.)
What are internal and external conflict?
What is third person point of view?