Literary Terms 1
A comparison between two unlike things, using like or as. Love is like a rose is an example of this figurative language.
What is a simile?
The use of sensory details to create a vivid description for the reader.
What is imagery?
The purpose of this part of speech is to connect clauses and sentences.
What is a conjunction?
In a website browser address bar, “www” stands for this.
What is World Wide Web?
A comparison between unlike things. I’m feeling blue is an example of this figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
A universal idea or lesson presented in the story.
What is a theme?
An independent clause has these two parts.
What is a subject and a verb?
This was the year the first Air Jordan sneakers were released.
What is 1984?
We haven’t talked in forever is an example of what kind of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
The italicized word in the following sentence is what part of speech:
The dog quickly runs down the street.
What is an adverb?
What country comes in first place for chocolate consumption per capita.
What is Switzerland?
An educated guess that one can draw based on the information presented in the text.
What is an inference?
The following is an example of what figurative language: Lightning danced across the sky.
What is personification?
A form of adjective that is used to compare a quality between two people or things.
What is a comparative adjective?
This was the first toy to be advertised on TV in 1952.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
A speech in a play by a character to himself that expresses the character’s internal thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
Expresses the author’s attitude or feelings towards a certain topic.
What is tone?
A form of adjective that is used to compare a quality between three or more people or things.
What is a superlative adjective?
This country is known as the Land of White Elephant.
What is Thailand?