Figurative Language Definitions
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The emotional atmosphere the writer creates.
What is mood?
How an author describes a character.
What is characterization?
What is a simile?
Giving human qualities, feelings, or actions to non-human things.
What is personification?
A group of lines in a poem. (Like the "paragraphs" of an essay.)
What is a stanza?
The main events of a story.
What is plot?
His laugh was loud enough to shake the entire house.
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison between two unlike things.
The attitude of the piece created by word choice of an author.
What is the tone?
The main problem of a story that needs to be resolved.
What is conflict?
Her strength was an immovable boulder in the face of adversity.
What is a metaphor?
An exaggeration for humorous or dramatic effect.
What is a hyperbole?
The feelings associated with specific words.
What is connotation?
The message or lesson learned about society, life, or human nature from a text.
What is theme?
The car screamed as it took the sudden right turn.
What is personification?
Descriptions that evoke the five senses.
What is imagery?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together.
What is alliteration?
A person, place, or object that represents a deeper meaning, such as an emotion or belief.
What is a symbol?
The crisp crackle of the firm calmed their hearts.
What is alliteration?