Examples 1
She is as tenacious as a bulldog with a bone.
What is a simile?
Ponyboy was intelligent, kind, and a little shy.
What are character traits?
The traffic crawled slowly towards the Cubs game.
What is personification?
This is happening now.
What is present tense?
The volcano erupted with a boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
The Outsiders is written from the perspective of Ponyboy and uses pronouns like I, me, we, and us.
What is first person point of view?
The novel is written from the perspective of someone who is NOT in the story and seems to know the thoughts, actions, and feelings of everyone in the story.
This already happened.
What is past tense?
What is hyperbole?
The old man ran out to the dock to secure his boat. The near hurricane force winds blazed against his face, but he persevered until he reached his boat. He knew that he had to beat the storm in order to save it.
What is "man vs. nature"?
The character was having a problem with his stepfather and was scared that he would get in trouble when he got home.
What is man vs. man?
The story made a reference to the story of Noah and the Ark, which is a story from the Christian bible. Interestingly, this story comes in a variety of versions and is part of the religious writings of many religions, from Native American traditions to the Koran.
What is an allusion?
The babysitter sat on the couch on the dark and stormy night. Having just put little Suzie to bed, she settled into a relaxing evening on the couch, pretending like the flashes of lightning and crashes of thunder didn't bother her at all. Suddenly, she heard the distinct sound of a door slamming upstairs. What was that? Should she go upstairs to check?
What is suspense?
Her life was a rollercoaster of ups, downs, and occasional loop-de-loops that gave her a stomach drop but landed her in the same place where she started.
What is a metaphor?
The story is written from the perspective of someone NOT in the story, but the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only the main character in the story.
What is third person limited?
Many people thought of Dally as representative of a character at odds with the expectations of the world around him. Since he could never live up to those expectations, his character always felt inadequate.
What is man vs. society?
In the Devil's Arithmetic, Hannah started off indifferent about her Jewish ancestry. However, her character changed through her experience in the concentration camp, and she learned how important it is to remember the past so that it is not repeated.
What is a dynamic character.
The runners ran along the lakefront glancing briefly at the orange-purple streaks of the sunset over their shoulders. The soft chirp of the evening birds seemed to cheer them past the raging pain in their tired legs as they reached for the finish line.
What is imagery?
The history book was fitted with an excellent ____________ at the end that contained useful information and definitions about events in history.
What is an appendix?
Often times Ponyboy expressed a struggle within himself as he balanced his loyalty to the Greasers and his desire to survive and thrive.
What is an internal conflict?