Figurative Language 1
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.
What is an idiom?
A literary device in which an earlier episode, conversation, or event is inserted into the sequence of events; often presented as a memory of the narrator or another character.
What is a flashback?
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 struggle between two opposing forces in a story or play.
What is conflict?
What is onomatopoeia?
The author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story, which creates suspense, builds readers' expectations, and helps readers prepare for what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
A figure of speech that is a combination of seemingly contradictory words.
What is an oxymoron?
An obvious and intentional exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
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 two kinds of external conflict.
The pronunciation of and the manner in which words are expressed, as well as the choice of words that are used.
What is diction?
The dictionary definition or meaning of a word, regardless of other meanings the word may have.
What is denotation?
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
What is a symbol?
The action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results.
What is falling action?
References to Merlin in To Kill a Mockingbird and to the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" in The Outsiders are examples of this kind of figurative language.
What is an allusion?
A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions; the atmosphere and emotional setting of a written work that surrounds the reader.
What is mood?
The author's attitude toward a subject.
What is tone?
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is a theme?
The introduction of a literary work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is exposition?
She sells seashells by the sea shore is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
The set of ideas associated with it in addition to its explicit meaning; can be personal and based on individual experiences, but is more often cultural.
What is connotation?
A contrast or incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality.
What is irony?
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?
To Kill a Mockingbird is written in this point of view.
What is first person point of view?