Definitions
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
When two or more words have the same beginning sound.
What is alliteration?
I'm as hungry as a bear!
What is a simile?
The main lesson the author is trying to teach or convey. This is expressed in a sentence.
What is the theme?
The main character of a novel or story.
Who is the protagonist?
Giving a non-human object human characteristics or actions.
What is personification?
When two things are compared implying that the one thing is the other thing.
What is a metaphor?
Mrs. Madagan made us memorize many things.
What is alliteration?
A nice way to say something not so nice.
What is a euphemism?
The opposition to the main character. Can be a person or another force.
What is the antagonist?
When a word sounds like itself. The word sounds like its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia?
A group of words that is understood culturally but has a very different meaning than the literal words.
What is an idiom?
The end of the year is so bittersweet.
What is an oxymoron?
When we are given a hint about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
When two things are compared using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
When writing appeals to the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
Laughter is the best medicine.
What is a metaphor?
The emotional meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
The 3 main perspectives or point of view from which a story can be told and the clue words for them.
What is 1st person? (I, Me, We, Our)
What is 2nd person? (You)
What is 3rd person? (He, she, they,)
When two seemingly contradictory or opposite words are put together.
What is an oxymoron?
What is Allusion?
He was a Good Samaritan when he helped her start her car yesterday.
What is an allusion?
When the opposite of what is expected to happen happens.
What is irony?
The four main types of conflicts (and the two minor ones!)
What is Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Society, or Man vs. Nature?
What is man vs. technology, Man vs. the supernatural?