Definitions 1
Comparing two objects using like or as.
Simile
What is theme?
The moral or lesson of a story.
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows something that characters in a story do not.
Using extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
What is the exposition of a story and what are three things that are introduced?
The beginning
characters, setting, conflict
Create a sentence that uses personification and what is the meaning of it.
answers vary
Come up with a symbol that represents freedom and explain how.
answers will vary
What is personification?
giving human characteristic to something nonhuman.
Change the following sentence to be more descriptive by using imagery that appeals to two of the senses.
Noah was sad.
Samantha was angry.
Answers will vary.
The boy's stomach was a bottomless pit.
Metaphor
Come up with a sentence that uses alliteration.
vary.
when the audience knows information that the characters do not, creating tension or humor.
dramatic irony
What is a soliloquy?
figure of speech that involves saying the opposite of what is meant to create humor or sarcasm.
Create a sentence that uses two hyperboles to express the idea below.
My head hurts and I am tired.
answers vary.
"Every breath you take. Every move you make. Every bond you break. Every step you take. I'll be watching you" is which device?
Anaphora
The repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Peter pipper picked a peck of pickle peppers).
alliteration
What are three characteristics of Shakespearean language?
Archaic (old/outdated) vocabulary
Inverted sentence structure
Omissions and contractions
double meaning, word play, figurative language, metaphors
Let your friend know you do not like his cologne in the following tones:
gentle tone
mocking tone
vary
My dog is a pig when it is time for supper.
Metaphor
The writer's attitude towards its subject.
Tone