Types of Figurative Language
The figure of speech that compares two concepts using words such as "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This is using a word that is similar to the unknown words
What is synonym?
This is when a composition uses comedy or mockery to criticize a situation
What is satire?
This is an unresolved ending
What is a cliffhanger?
This book deals with the concept of bullying and differences in students.
What is Freak the Mighty?
This is intentional exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
This is looking at whether the author used periods, commas, or question marks.
What is punctuation?
What is persuasion?
This interrupts the narrative flow to reveal a past event
What is a flashback?
This book deals heavily with the idea of division and class
What is The Outsiders
This is when a text refers to another external text
What is an allusion?
This is using a word that is opposite to the unknown word
What is an antonym?
This is a story that can be interpreted to have a secondary meaning
What is an allegory?
This is a story beginning in the middle of the plot
What is In Medias Res?
This book deals with the holocaust
What is the Diary of Anne Frank?
This is a word that sounds like what it describes
What is onomatopoeia?
This is when you look for meaning in the sentence
What is explanation clues?
This is the use of tone or exaggeration to convey a meaning opposite to what is being literally said
What is irony?
This is anything used to misdirect the reader
What is a red herring?
This book deals with the Great Depression
What is Out of the Dust?
This is a play on words
What is a pun?
This is when you look within the sentence to see if the unknown word is stated differently.
What is restatement clues?
This is a repetition of syllables at the ends of words
What is rhyme?
The protagonist telling the story
What is narration?
What book deals heavily with poverty and its effects?
What is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?