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Figurative Language I
Figurative Language II
Figurative Language III
Story Structure
Extended Response
100
Scene or event that happened earlier than the beginning of the story.
What is flashback?
100
An exaggeration to create an effect.
What is hyperbole?
100
Two or three words that combine opposite or contradictory ideas such as "wise fool," "sweet sorrow," or "jumbo shrimp."
What are oxymorons?
100
The narrator tells the story from the "I" point of view.
What is first person?
100
This is the main idea of the extended response and found in the first paragraph. Can be represented by the "top" of the table.
What is the topic sentence?
200
The way an author puts in clues about how the plot is going to develop. Clues indicate what will happen at the end of the story or movie.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The use of words or phrases that evoke the sensations of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or sound.
What is imagery?
200
Giving human qualities to anything not human.
What is personification?
200
The speaker tells a story describing characters as "he," "she," or "they." May be omniscient or limited.
What is third person?
200
These are found in the paragraphs that follow the first paragraph and can be represented by the four table legs.
What are the supporting details?
300
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in lines of poetry or prose.
What is alliteration?
300
A contrast or incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
What is irony?
300
When words have the same sound. Examples include cry, try and beat, seat.
What is rhyme?
300
The backbone or background for the action of a story, including time, plot, and general surroundings of the characters.
What is setting?
300
This is found in the final paragraph and can be represented by the floor under the table.
What is the concluding sentence?
400
A reference to a well-known place, literary or art work, famous person, or historical event. Examples include Romeo and Juliet.
What is allusion?
400
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
400
The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables into a pattern. Used in poetry and songs.
What is rhythm?
400
The events in a story- what happens.
What is the plot?
400
The most points you can score for the extended response.
What is 15?
500
First person, second person, third person.
What is point of view?
500
Words whose sound suggests their meaning. Examples include splash, buzz, hiss, and boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
500
A struggle between opposing forces. May be internal or external.
What is conflict?
500
A good way to organize your thoughts prior to writing. May use a graphic organizer.
What is brainstorming?