Define Me!
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
a figure of speech that makes a comparison using the word like or as
What is a simile?
His words cut deeper than a knife.
What is a Metaphor?
I am dying of embarrassment.
What is hyperbole?
What is the Exposition?
giving human qualities to non-living thing
What is personification?
a joke that comes from a play on multiple meanings of a word
What is a Pun?
This place is like a Garden of Eden. What type of figurative language is used, and what does it mean?
What is Allusion?
The lion spit out the clown because he tasted funny.
What is a pun?
The part of the story that introduces the conflict (Literary term)
What is the inciting incident?
refers to a word that phonetically mimics or resembles the sound it describes
What is onomatopoeia?
reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work or art
What is allusion?
A fire station burns down.
What is situational irony?
Her cheeks are red like a rose.
What is a Simile?
The part of the story where the conflict is resolved
What is the resolution?
the use of images/signs to represent ideas or qualities
What is Symbolism?
a character thinks one way, but the audience knows something opposite
What is Dramatic Irony?
"I must be cruel, only to be kind,"
What is a Paradox?
She is awfully pretty.
What is oxymoron?
Complex characters that have a lot of details
What are round characters?
two opposite words are used together, such as "freezer burn"
What is oxymoron?
he substitution of a mild or less negative word or phrase for a harsh or blunt one
What is Euphemism?
Wow, that was a piece of cake!
What is idiom?
You are becoming a little thin on top (bald)
What is Euphemism?
Characters that do not change in the story
What are flat characters?