Row 1
A comparison using like or as
Simile
A short verbal story related to a topic being presented or discussed
Anecdote
The dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
The character that competes with the main character - often it's the bad guy/ girl in a book / film / tv show etc
Antagonist
a preview of the future
a direct comparison
Metaphor
When you give human qualities to objects
Personification
The positive, negative, or neutral emotions that a word has
Connotations
You are as evil as the devil.
simile
A return to the past to show things that already happened
flashback
a metaphor that goes on for a few lines or sentences is...
an Extended Metaphor
a hint or clue that something bad will happen
Foreshadowing
When you use information from a text/ story / movie to FIGURE SOMETHING OUT on you own
make an inference
"You are a rock that I can lean on when I need help"
Metaphor
Their heart is icy, blood frosty, its ventricles rich with icicles; and their words have turned into ice cubes that can chill iced tea.
extended metaphor
When you repeat the beginning sounds in a word
Alliteration
repetition
GUESSING what will happen next
Prediction
She sells seashells by the seashore
alliteration
The classroom is as cold as an icebox
simile
A reference to someone or something in the past
Allusion
an exagggeration
hyperbole
The main character - usually "the good guy/girl"
Protagonist
What do we call it when people / character are talking with each other
Dialogue
The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
personification