Figurative Language
What is Figurative Language?
Literary devices used in text
What is Conflict
What is Verbal Irony
Sarcasm or saying the opposite
What does CER stand for?
Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.
What tribe is Salva from?
Dinka
What is the difference between a Simile and a Metaphor
A Simile used Like or As and a metaphor is a direct comparison.
How a character acts, looks, or feels.
What is situational irony?
The exact opposite of what is expected to happen occurs.
What is central idea?
The main idea. It is different from a summary or a theme.
Who kills uncle?
Some men from the Nuer tribe.
What type of Figurtive language used exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What does STEAL stand for?
Speech, Thoughts, Effect on Others, Actions, Looks
What is dramatic irony.
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
What does your reasoning support?
The Evidence
Where does Nya go during the dry season?
A lake close to her home.
What literary device is this?
Her skin glowed as bright as a shining star.
Simile
What type of Irony is this?
"I hope it doesn't rain." June said, as she gestured to the dark clouds around them.
Verbal Irony
What is the difference between a Summary and Central Idea?
A summary is a short version of the story and Central Idea is the main idea.
Where does Salva go from the camp in Kenya? (Name the country and City)
References to well known people, places or events.
Allusions
What type of conflict does The Veldt focus on?
Person VS Tecnology
What type of Irony is this?
"Lets go to the water park!" Stan said.
Little did he know that it was closed.
Dramatic Irony
What do you put in a CER to persuade the reader?
Evidence
When the men that kill uncle show up, how does Salva know they are Nuer?
They have the ritual scarring.