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FictionTerms
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Figurative Language
Miscellaneous
Part of Speech
100
Time and place that the action of a story takes place
What is setting
100
Easily understood
Lucid
100
“Mother is the rock, I am the ocean."
Metaphor
100
Who is the author of the novel " The Fault in Our Stars."
John Green
100
The young girl BROUGHT me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly DISAPPEARED. Oh my!
Verb
200
The perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view
200
To turn away
Avert
200
A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now
Personification
200
What novel is this quote from? " A book is like a loaded gun"
Fahrenheit 451
200
The YOUNG girl brought me a very LONG letter from the teacher, and then she quickly disappeared. Oh my!
Adjective
300
HINTS that suggest future events in the story; creates suspense.
What is foreshadowing
300
To lessen
Mitigate
300
The electric thimble moved like a praying mantis on the pillow, touched by her hand.
Simile
300
Actions that took place in an earlier time that provides info that will help the reader understand the character's current situation.
Who is flashback
300
The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly disappeared. OH MY!
Interjection
400
On a plot diagram, the turning point of the story
What is climax
400
Likelihood, believability
Plausibility
400
"The sun was like a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed: It was past eight thirty and still light." (Page 167) (Simile)
Simile / Personification
400
Words that the character speak; involves quotation marks
What is dialogue
400
The young girl brought me a VERY long letter from the teacher, and THEN she QUICKLY disappeared. Oh my!
Adverb
500
Expresses the author's ATTITUDE toward his or her subject.
What is tone.
500
Conspicuous and vulgar
Ostentatious
500
Firefighters burn books instead of put fires out.
Irony
500
Who says this quote? What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet.
Juliet
500
What are the eight parts of speech.
NOUN.PRONOUN.VERB.ADJECTIVE. ADVERB. PREPOSITION. CoNJUNCTION. INTERJECTION.