Figurative Language Challenge

Figurative Language 1

100

I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.

hyperbole

200

The tree branches danced in the wind.

personification

300

The drums were like a thunderstorm.

simile

400

An author giving hints or clues about what will happen later in a story

Foreshadowing

500

The main idea or point of a story. 

Theme

600

The problem in a story: Ex. Man vs Nature

Conflict

700

Kind of writing that expresses (or 'says') a person's viewpoint

Essay

Figurative Language 2

100

You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.

metaphor

200

Author's own account of his/her life own life

Autobiography

300

Sequence of events in a story

Plot

400

Main character in a story (usually a good guy)

Protagonist

500

Once upon a time...

Exposition or Setting

600

Person telling the story

Narrator

700

Words or phrases that convey the opposite meaning or expected outcome. Ex: A burning fire truck

Irony

Figurative Language 3

100

Literary reference to a familiar person or thing. Ex: You are a bunch of Einsteins

Allusion

200

Category or type of literature. Ex: Romance, Sci-fi...

Genre

300

Direct conversation between characters in a story

Dialogue

400

Story of a person's life written by someone else

Biography

500

Person working against the main character or hero of a story

Antagonist

600

An event from the past presented in the present; out of order in a story

Flashback

700

Words chosen to paint a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

Imagery