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Examples of Figurative Language
Which Part of Speech?
This Defines What?
Parts of the Story
Miscellaneous
100
"The night was dark like black velvet."
What is a simile!
100

The red gleaming sports car raced down the side street. List the 2 the nouns in the sentence.

What is car and street?

100

An exaggeration that is used for emphasis.

What is a hyperbole?

100
This is the "turning point" of the story. The most important part of any story.
What is the climax?
100

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled-peppers is called...

What is an alliteration?

200

"Sally sells seashells by the seashore" is known as 

What is an alliteration.

200

These kinds of words answer the questions "which one", "what kind" or "how many". They describe nouns.

What are adjectives?

200

This is a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun.

200

People or animals that are part of a story.

What are characters!

200

Wait here, I'm going to go jump in the shower is a 

What is an idiom?

300

The cold, black night descended upon us, choking us until we couldn't breathe.

What is personification?

300

These are words that link a noun to another word. Ex. 'under the bridge'

What are prepositions?

300

A contrast between what is expected and what really happens.

What is irony?

300
In this part of a story, the setting (time and place) and characters are first encountered by the reader.
What is exposition?
300

Some examples are quietly, happily, and sadly.

What are adverbs?

400

Good Luck at your performance, "Break a leg".

What is idiom?

400

These words replace or rename nouns; Ex. "She went with them?"

What are pronouns?

400
When a sound is written as a word, we call it...
What is onomotopoeia?
400
After the first conflict, the story truly begins. This part of the story is known as the...
What is rising action?
400

This point of view uses "he, she, and it" pronouns. It can be "limited" or "omniscient".

What is third-person.

500

"She has a heart of gold."

What is a metaphor.

500

These are short exclamations inserted into a sentence; Ex. "Ouch, that hurt!"

What are interjections?

500

Any reference to person, place, thing, or event that is known from literature, history, or culture is ...

What is an allusion?

500
In this part of the story, many of the important questions start to get answered.
What is the falling action?
500

What two forms of figurative language are used in this sentence: "The sea licked its greedy lips."

What are personification and metaphor?