Figurative Language 1
Figurative Language 2
Figurative Language 3
Figurative Language 4
Figurative Language 5
100
I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.
hyperbole
100

Juliet is the sun...

a metaphor

100

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

Allusion

100

The feeling or atmosphere that the author creates for the reader.

mood

100

Where and when a story or scene takes place.

Setting?

200

The tree branches danced in the wind.

personification

200

Jumbo Shrimp

Icy Hot

Pretty Ugly

Oxymorons

200

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

Autobiography

200

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


Foreshadowing

200

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

Genre

300

The Trees whispered in the wind.

Personification?

300

Marry Merryweather met and married Marvin Mistoffelees. 

Alliteration?

300

The author’s attitude toward a certain topic.

tone?

300

The lesson learned in a story

Moral

300

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

Imagery

400

The problem in a story: Ex. Man vs Nature

Conflict

400

Main character in a story (usually a good guy)

Protagonist

400

Short, fictional story usually involving animals that teaches a lesson

Fable

400

Comparison of two dissimilar things. 

Ex: time is money, so spend it wisely

Analogy

400

The main idea or point of a story. 

Theme

500

Ex. It's raining cats and dogs

idiom

500

to say "It rained a bit last night" while describing an area being flooded after heavy rain.

understatement 

500

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

Flashback

500

The emotions or feelings of a story (happy, sad, suspenseful...)

Mood

500

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

Irony