Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Terms Cont.
Figurative Language Defined
Random
100
What type is being used?

A host of golden daffodils; Bedsides the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Personification

100

The Perspective from which the story is told is called?

Point of view

100

When the character and setting are introduced to the audience.

Exposition

100

Comparison of one thing to another using like or as

Simile

100

Mrs. Crofts favorite animal

Unicorn

200

Busy as a Bee

Simile

200

The struggle between opposing forces.

Conflict

200

The highest point in the story.

Climax

200

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to 

which it is not literally applicable.


Metaphor

200

What day is our Mid Term

Dec 15th

300
"That is the gem of my great discovery."

Metaphor

300

The prevailing atmosphere or feeling in the story.

Mood

300

The narrator is telling the story,but is not included in the story.

3rd Person Point of View

300

Human attributes given to non human objects

Personification

300

I can do well on my Mid Term by........

Studying, taking good notes in my journal, paying attention

400

The snake hissed at the hiker because it was startled.

Onomatopoeia

400

A thought or idea the author presents to the reader that may be deep or moralistic.

Theme

400

Language used not for its literal meaning, but for its effect.

Figurative Language

400

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work

Imagery

400

True or False:
All of these questions are on the test in the same format?

True

500

"....the main expanse of that eternal ocean, all bloody under that eternal sunset."

(hint : 2)

Personification and Imagery

500

The way the author presents the character the character to the audience.

Characterization

500

Conflicts are introduced to the story.

Rising Action

500

The formation of word from a sound associated with what is named.

Onomatopoeia

500

How many dogs and Children does Mrs. Crofts Have?

2 dogs

4 kids