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Figurative Speech 3
Elements of Literature
Genres of Literature
100
comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
comparison not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
100
Simple Sam sold shells.
What is alliteration?
100
the people, animals, creatures the story is about
What are characters?
100
true and factual that tells a story
What is narrative non fiction?
200
repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words close together
What is alliteration?
200
giving human characteristics to non human things
What is personification?
200
The moon is a shiny jewel.
What is a metaphor?
200
where and when the story takes place
What is the setting?
200
true and explains
What is expository?
300
sayings that are meant figuratively, not literally Ex. It's raining cats and dogs
What is idioms?
300
words that represent sound
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Heather is as scared as a field mouse.
What is a simile?
300
the problem in a story
What is the conflict?
300
not true, but based on something that could happen
What is realistic fiction?
400
when the opposite of what you expect to happen, happens
What is irony?
400
an exaggerated statement Example: These books weigh a ton.
What is a hyperbole?
400
The tree branches embraced the small child.
What is personification?
400
the most exciting part of the story
What is the climax?
400
not true and based on events in history
What is historical fiction?
500
two opposite terms in the same phrase Ex. That memory is bittersweet.
What is an oxymoron?
500
The icy hot gel might relieve muscle pain.
What is an oxymoron?
500
He was bored to death in his last period class.
What is hyperbole?
500
the end of the story where the problem is hopefully resolved
What is the resolution?
500
has characters, setting, conflict, climax, and resolution
What is a short story?