Figurative Language
A _____ is a comparison using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The sequence of important events in a text; includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot?
A story that is made up and untrue is ______.
What is fiction?
Examining in detail in order to discover meaning.
Verb that starts with "A"
What is analyze/analyzing?
Greek root meaning "life"
What is bio?
In the following metaphor _____ is being compared to _____. "Tasha's house is a zoo with fish, a hamster and a parrot."
What are Tasha's house and a zoo?
The message or lesson the author wants you to take away.
What is theme?
A story about a person's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
Venn Diagrams are used to _____ and _____ two different topics.
What are compare and contrast?
Meaning of the Latin root "aqua"
What is water?
Name the figurative language device being used in the following sentence, "It took the class a million years to transition to prep."
What is hyperbole?
Humorous, critical, sarcastic, enthusiastic, suspenseful, excited, angry, can all be used to describe an author's ______.
What is tone?
A type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions. Examples include: narrative, sonnets, epics, and free verse.
What is poetry?
To give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing.
Starts with an "E"
What is emphasize/emphasizing?
Elements of Plot: The turning point and the most intense point in a story.
What is the climax?
"Boom! Pow! Snap!" Are all examples of this figurative language device.
What is onomatopoeia?
A part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past. : a strong memory of a past event that comes suddenly into a person's mind.
What is a flashback?
Stories that typically take place in outer space or even in the future. They usually include futuristic technology, time travel, and alien creatures.
What is science fiction?
Phrases or words used to connect one idea to the next. Examples include: furthermore, finally, in conclusion.
What are transitions?
Stories written from this point of view use pronouns such as I and me.
What is first person?
This figurative language device references a famous person, place, or event.
What is an allusion?
When the author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Stories or legends passed from generation to generation by word of mouth. Typically try to teach a lesson about right and wrong, which is called a moral.
What is a folktale?
In writing, when an author uses logic and reason to show that one idea is more legitimate than another idea. To cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action.
What is persuade/persuasion?
The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story. Follows the climax.
What is the resolution?