Figurative Language
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The introduction of characters and setting.
What is the exposition?
The "feeling" of a word; it can be positive, negative, or neutral.
What is connotation?
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
Point-of-View told from the narrator's perspective.
What is first person point of view?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
Charlie undergoes an operation to increase his IQ.
What is rising action?
In The Monkey's Paw, the chess game symbolizes this.
What is risk?
Who is the character we go on the journey with?
How-to manuals and cookbooks are often written in this point-of-view.
What is second person?
What is an idiom?
What is denoument?
In The Raven: ominous, melancholy.
What is mood?
In Story of an Hour, the ending is an example of this type of irony.
What is situational irony?
To find the similarities and differences of two separate items.
What is compare and contrast?
"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door...." - The Raven
What is an allusion?
The climax in The Necklace.
What is when Mathilde learns from Mdm. Foristier that the necklace was not real?
In Annabelle Lee: heartbroken, devastated.
What is tone?
Dramatic irony in The Landlady.
What is when we realize Billy is in trouble, but he (the protagonist) does not?
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
Just as a Sword is the Weapon of a Warrior, a Pen is the Weapon of a Writer.
What is an analogy?
What is the climax?
A theme of The Landlady.
Multiple answers; however:
Appearances can be deceptive.
The antagonist in Flowers for Algernon.
Who is Charlie Gordon (his mind)? or Society?
Dramatic irony creates this in horror pieces.
What is suspense?