Figurative Language
An example of this is "Time flies when you are having fun!"
What is an idiom?
This term is the word that means the time and place a story takes place.
What is the setting?
What makes a statement about the weaknesses/foibles or follies of society or politics?
What is satire?
Her stomach was a roller coaster of fear as she faced the test is an example of what kind of literary device?
What is metaphor?
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"I was so hot I thought I might melt" is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole
This term is the person telling the story. the poem?
What is the narrator? What is the speaker?
This type of story is usually set in the future and it's story is greatly affected by the setting. Dystopic fiction is usually included in this. Kurt Vonnegut resented being pidgeon-holed in this.
What is Science Fiction?
This is what "Her stomach was a roller coaster of fear" would look like as a simile.
What is "Her stomach was like a roller coaster of fear."
What should I do to ace the test because its more important than even studying
What are 1. get a good night's sleep tonight and Tuesday and 2. eat a nutritious breakfast- 3. trust yourself--you've got this!
Her sun kissed hair made me smile.
What is a personification?
If you are reading a story, it has a series of events. This term means "series of events"
What is plot?
Mary Downing Hahn uses the phrase "his breath smelled like peanut butter and something less pleasant". Although this detail is not important to the story line, this is an example of this type of literary device, which helps the reader access his sense of smell to draw him into the scene.
What is sensory imagery?
This is an expression that does not mean what it literally says.
What is an idiom?
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"Wordlessly watching, he waits by the window and wonders." is an example of what type of literary device?
What is an alliteration
The term "inference" is when the reader uses these 2 things to make an educated guess about the text.
What is 1. the reader's own experience and 2. the information from the text.
"The leaves danced to the ground in the breeze" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
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When you really want to get a point across of the severity of something in your story, this would be a good literary device to use.
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What is hyperbole? or metaphor? or simile? or imagery? What else? Any figurative language?
Name at least 2 of these literary devices that are used most often in poetry because of their focus on sounds.
What are alliteration, assonance, consonance, internal rhyme, and onomatopoeia?
This is the writer's "universal message" or lesson for a story they write. The "So What" we must cover in all essays.
What is theme?
This is a term for a piece of writing that is defending a position using facts and supporting details.
What is an argument?
Words like crash, bang, swoosh, are examples of this type of literary device.
What is an onomatopoeia?
These are all the stages of PLOT.
What are exposition, rising actions, climax, falling actions and resolution?