Figurative Language
What is a Simile?
A comparison that uses like or as.
What is a Rhyme?
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words.
What is a Flashback?
telling events from the past.
What is a Pun?
a play on words.
What is a Protagonist?
Main character
What is Personification?
When a human quality is given to a non-human thing.
What is a Consonance?
Repetitive consonant sounds in a sequence of words.
What is dialogue?
A conversation.
What is Dialect?
the way we speak.
What is an Antagonist?
A person.force against the main character
What is an Analogy?
A comparison of two unlike things
What is an Alliteration?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more nearby words.
What is a Rhetorical Question?
A question asked to emphasize a point, the question might have an obvious answer.
What is a Denotation?
What is a Dramatic Foil?
characters who contrast each other
What is an Allegory?
multiple aspects of the literary work that represent larger ideas.
What is an Assonance?
Repetition of a vowel sound.
What is Parallelism?
word choice.
What is Indirect Characterization?
test that directly states the character of the person
What is an Euphemism?
A figure of speech to replace a word that is unpleasent.
What is Cacophony?
What is a Juxtaposition?
two elements placed beside each other for dramatic/ironic contrast.
What is a Connotation?
What are the 4 Character Types?
Dynamic, Round, Static, and Flat