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Figures of Speech
It's in the story
The Author
The Reader
Vocabulary
100
"My hands are as cold as ice."
What is a SIMILE
100
Where and when the story takes place.
What is SETTING?
100
The one telling the story.
What is the NARRATOR?
100
When the author does not say something directly, you do this
What is make an INFERENCE?
100
Utter completeness. When the score is 95-0. The team with 95, did this to the team that never scored.
What is ANNIHILATE?
200
The golf course turf was a soft green carpet
What is a METAPHOR
200
Inanimate (non-living) objects described as animate (living).
What is Personification?
200
Is the central message from the author, may be different for reader(s).
What is the theme?
200
To entertain, persuade, give information, and describe.
What AUTHOR'S PURPOSE?
200
To judge a book or film as unacceptable.
What is CENSURE?
300
The hands of the clock clapped when we won the game!
What is personification.
300
A reference to another work of literature
What is an ALLUSION?
300
The author's use of language that conveys personality to the readers.
What is voice?
300
A statement that can be proven, either correct or incorrect.
What is a FACT?
300
The fear of heights
What is ACROPHOBIA?
400
Sally sold sea shells by the shore.
What is alliteration.
400
Includes setting, rising action, turning point, conflict and resolution
What is the PLOT of a story?
400
The author's attitude toward the subject and his or her audience.
What is TONE?
400
An emotion that the reader receives (joy, anger, amazement, etc.) as they are reading or after reading a story.
What is MOOD?
400
This word comes from the Greek word meaning "Name."
What is ANONYMOUS?
500
"I am so hungry, I could eat a horse."/exaggeration.
What is hyperbole.
500
An image, character, or story that appears throughout a culture's literature and in the literature of many cultures.
What is an ARCHETYPE.
500
An element of humor tht author Mark Twain utilizes.
What is EXAGGERATION?
500
What you are trying to prove;is the last sentence of your Introductory paragraph.
What is THESIS?
500
Means the final factor that makes a decision.
What is "The Icing on the cake".