Name that FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Examples of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Story Arc COMPONENTS
Types of SENTENCES
RANDOM
100
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as.
SIMILE
100
"Life is like a box of chocolates"
SIMILE
100
Point of highest tension and drama
CLIMAX
100
One independent clause
SIMPLE
100
The ball went over the fence.
Identify the italicized phrase.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
200
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
HYPERBOLE
200
Their cheeks were roses.
METAPHOR
200
Story begins to move to the conclusion
FALLING ACTION
200
Two or more independent clauses
COMPOUND
200
DYSTOPIA
300
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or
closely connected words
ALLITERATION
300
That's a giant shrimp!
OXYMORON
300
The section of a story that leads toward its climax
RISING ACTION
300
Two or more independent clauses + one dependent clause
COMPOUND-COMPLEX
300
List the four types of conlict
man vs. man
man vs. nature
man vs. society
man vs. self
400
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something
nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
PERSONIFICATION
400
"I am so hungry I can eat a horse." -Mr. Rudesill
HYPERBOLE
400
The end of the story
RESOLUTION
400
One independent clause + one dependent clause
COMPLEX
400
Rainbows, horse shoes, colors, and many more common items can be __________ in English literature.
symbolic
500
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to
which it is not literally applicable
METAPHOR
500
POW!
ONOMATOPOEIA
500
This information can be about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc.
EXPOSITION
500
Synonym for dependent clause
SUBORINDATE CLAUSE
500
List the 8 parts of speech
NOUNS, PRONOUNS, ADJECTIVES, VERBS, ADVERBS, PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, ARTICLES