Figurative Language
This figurative device compares two things using like or as.
To entertain, inform, persuade, or explain—these are examples of this.
What is author’s purpose?
The main character in a story is called this.
What is the protagonist?
A clue in the text that helps you understand the story is called this.
What is a text clue?
Words that have similar meanings are called this.
What are synonyms?
Giving human qualities to non-human things is called this.
What is personification.
An article explaining how volcanoes erupt is written mainly to do this.
What is inform?
The problem or struggle in a story is known as this.
What is the conflict?
Thinking carefully about a text instead of accepting it at face value is called this.
What is critical thinking?
Words that have opposite meanings are called this.
What are antonyms?
“The classroom was a zoo” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor.
A speech trying to change your opinion is meant to do this.
What is persuade?
The time and place of a story is called this.
What is the setting?
The lesson or message of a story is called this.
What is the theme?
Clues in a sentence that help you understand an unfamiliar word are called this.
What are context clues?
Repeating the same beginning sound in a phrase is called this.
What is alliteration.
A short story written to make readers laugh is meant to do this.
What is entertain?
A character who changes over time is called this type of character.
What is a dynamic character?
Information that supports an idea or answer is called this.
What is evidence?
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word is called this.
What is a prefix?
This figurative language exaggerates for effect.
What is a hyperbole.
When an author uses emotional language to influence readers, they are most likely trying to do this.
What is persuade?
The turning point or most intense moment in a story is called this.
What is the climax?
Brief retelling of the main events of a text is called this.
What is a summary?
A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning is called this.
What is a homophone?