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Examples of Figurative Language
definitions of plot devices
definitions of text structures

definitions of clauses and phrases
MISC.
100

simile

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

100

exposition

a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.


100

description 

a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.


100

phrase

a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.


100

A. C. E. Method

ACE is Answer, Cite, and Explain.

200

hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.


200

rising action

the section of the story that leads to the climax

200

cause and affect

a system of logical reasoning where evidence and proof are presented to show how an event took place or how something happened.

200

clause

a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.


200

Different POVs

1st 2nd and 3rd

300

Personification


the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.


300

climax

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.


300

compare and contrast

 comparing is showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way.

300

simple sentence


  1. a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.





300

conflict

a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.


400

onomatopoeia

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).


400

falling action

the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution.

400

chronology/sequence

the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.


400

compound sentence


  1. a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.





400

modifier

a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something.


500

metaphor

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.


500

conclusion

the end or finish of an event or process.


500

problem/solution

a format of writing that involves setting up the structure of written text to show different problems and then how the problem is solved.

500

complex sentence


  1. a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.





500

Main Idea

the central point or topic that a text or a paragraph conveys.