Fig Language & Poetry
This figurative device compares two unlike things WITHOUT using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This character transfers memories to Jonas throughout the novel.
Who is The Giver?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles with their own thoughts, emotions, or decisions.
What is internal conflict?
This technique hints at future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
This part of an essay contains the writer’s main argument or claim. It is also called the roadmap of the essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The goat
Who is John Pork?
“The hallway was a battlefield after lunch” uses this technique to create a chaotic image in the reader’s mind.
What is metaphor?
This concept removes pain from the community but also eliminates individuality and emotional depth.
What is Sameness?
A character lying to protect a friend would MOST likely create these TWO forms of conflict simultaneously.
What are internal and external conflict?
“If only I had known what would happen next…” is an example of this technique building reader anticipation.
What is foreshadowing?
Statistics, expert opinions, and research are all examples of this.
What is evidence?
Talking while I am talking
What is Miss. Davis's biggest pet peeve?
This literary technique helps readers create sensory images and better experience a scene emotionally.
What is imagery?
Jonas becomes increasingly isolated because of this new ability.
What is the ability to see/feel emotions and memories differently from others?
Authors often use conflict primarily to reveal this about a character.
What are their values/beliefs/personality traits?
"I should've done better" is an example of what literary technique?
What is flashback?
Including a counterargument often strengthens persuasive writing because it shows this.
What is awareness of other perspectives?
Sandy
What is Miss. Davis's dogs name?
An author using phrases like “the shadows swallowed the street” is likely trying to create this mood.
What is suspenseful mood?
The color of the apple
What is the color red?
This story element is MOST responsible for forcing character growth and change.
What is conflict?
Authors often delay important information in order to strengthen this emotional effect on readers.
What is suspense?
To show other perspectives within the writing, and to make your evidence seem stronger.
What is a counter argument?
Cry
What is something Miss. Davis does when she gets home?
This is the MOST likely reason an author chooses figurative rather than literal language when describing fear or sadness.
What is to create stronger emotion and imagery for the reader?
The importance of memory, and the conflict of conformity and individuality, the value of human emotions.
This is the deeper reason conflict matters in literature beyond “making the story interesting.”
What is developing theme and character?
Using objects, colors, or motifs to represent larger abstract ideas or concepts.
What is symbolism?
This is the MOST important reason formal tone improves persuasive writing.
What is it makes the writer sound more credible/professional?
Matcha
What drink does Miss. Davis usually have every morning?
This figurative language adds human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
Lois Lowry most likely ends the novel ambiguously in order to force readers to do this.
What is think critically about Jonas’s fate and the novel’s themes?
When Simba pushed Scar off of the cliff.
What is the Resolution to the Lion King?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse
What is a hyperbole?
A reader identifying patterns, repeated ideas, and key details is most likely trying to determine this.
What is the main idea/theme?
An author describing a setting as “silent,” “grey,” and “empty” is MOST likely trying to establish this.
What is mood/atmosphere?