Definitions
Refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.
Connotation
Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived a girl named Cinderella. She lived with her evil stepmother and two evil step-sisters.
Exposition
References to events that occurred before the main events in anarrative.
Flashback
When a character says : ''I have a bad feeling about this trip".
Foreshadowing
A boldly exaggerated statement that adds emphasis without intendingto be literally true.
Hyperbole
The dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
The word ''Buddy'' and ''Friend'' both have the same meaning but different ....?
Connotation
Events that lead to resolution or conclusion.
Falling Action
The sunrise always follows the darkest of nights.
Juxtaposition
What figurative language am I?
Her eyes were diamonds.
The verbal exchanges between characters.
Dialogue
Hyperbole
In fiction, a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
Foil
A type of literature.
Genre
An imitation of a particular writer, artist, or genre, exaggerating it on purpose to produce a comic effect.
Parody
The author’s choice of words, phrases,sentence structures and figurative language,which combine to help create meaning.
Diction
A firefighter's house burns down. What type of irony is this ?
Situational Irony
A narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.
Foreshadowing
What are the 5 senses when using descriptive language.
Visual
Auditory
Tactile
Olfactory
Gustatory
A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. Example : Silent Scream.
Oxymoron
Description of character, timeand place, as well as the situationin which the main character findsthemself as the story begins.
Exposition
A character says : ''Great whether we are having''. It is raining outdoors. What type of irony is this ?
Verbal Irony
The placement of two or more things side by side, often in order tobring out their differences.
Juxtaposition
When the audience is on a secret that the characters in the story are not. What type of irony am I?
Dramatic Irony
What figurative language am I? The leaves were dancing in the wind.
Personification