Terms - Definition
A comparison of two things, NOT using "like" or "as"
metaphor
What literary device is used:
"He was like a delicate flower"
Simile
This pencil represents learning and creativity. This pencil is a _____.
symbol
These instructions typically appear in brackets and tell actors what to do in a given scene.
The two musical artists Marjane gets posters of from Turkey.
Kim Wilde and Iron Maiden
An extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
What literary device is being used:
"The foaming waves roared and crashed violently against the rocky shoreline."
imagery
"She was the Shakespeare of her English class."
Allusion/Metaphor
Two or more characters are having a conversation with each other.
What the boys use to start the signal fire in Lord of the Flies.
Piggy's glasses
foreshadowing
What literary device is used in the scenario below:
The actress poisons the stranger's drink, not knowing that the stranger is her mother. The audience is aware of the stranger's identity.
dramatic irony
"Death greeted her as she walked through the door"
Personification
The character speaks at length to another character.
monologue
John Proctor does not want to give this up at the end of The Crucible.
His name/reputation
“Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”
A reference to another piece of media within a story.
Allusion
The difference between Mood and Tone.
Mood --> the feeling the READER gets from a story
Tone --> the WRITER'S feeling about the topic
"My backpack weighs a ton"
Hyperbole
A form of a language in which an author writes their dialogue; determines how the characters speak.
For example, if a character is a cowboy, he might say "Howdy y'all" instead of "Hi everybody"
dialect
The two characters from this year who died via rock.
Piggy & Giles
Four types of conflict.
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Self
Man. vs. Society
Man vs. Man
Literary device:
The pilot in the story has a fear of heights.
situational irony
Type of conflict:
"He attempted to light a fire, but his hands were so cold that he could barely use them."
Man vs. Nature
An event that hooks the viewer into the story and sets everything else that happens into motion
inciting incident
The author of School Days of an Indian Girl.
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