Figurative Language
I am as jumpy as a kangaroo.
What is Simile?
Nothing gold can stay.
What is a metaphor?
When a story starts out during present time, but then flashes back to an earlier time period.
What is flashback
he, she, it, or they
What is third-person?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
What is alliteration.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
The rain babbled and gurgled
What is personifiction?
An author's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The story is told from the narrator's own perspective, offering a confessional or intimate perspective.
What is first-person?
The storm clouds gathering on the horizon.
What is foreshadowing.
Its raining cats and dogs.
What is idiom?
A long time ago an a galaxy far, far away.
What is setting?
When someone says the opposite of what they really mean.
What is verbal irony?
The story is told to the reader, drawing them into the narrative.
What is second-person?
He ran like the wind.
What is simile?
The wind whispered secrets through the trees.
What is metaphor?
General Zaroff
What is the antagonist?
What kind of Irony: Lily is unaware that Jonas has to take pills.
What is dramatic irony?
The narrator knows everything about all characters and events, offering a broader, more detached perspective.
What is third-person omniscient?
The scent of rain on dry earth filled the air.
What is imagery?
The world is a stage.
What is metaphor?
The tunnel in "Through the Tunnel"
What is onomatopoeia?
What kind of Irony: Jonas did not expect his number to be skipped.
What is situational irony?
The narrator focuses on one character's thoughts and feelings, providing a limited perspective.
What is third-person limited?
The fire station burned down.
What is irony?