Definitions
Compares things using "like" or "as"
Simile
Which literary technique is being used?
The house was a mountain of rumble.
Metaphor
This kind of irony happens when the reader knows something that the characters don't.
Dramatic Irony
When a writer directly tells us details about a character.
Direct Characterization
What do you call the person telling the story?
The Narrator
Compares things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
The simple sunny saddles dazzled everyone.
Alliteration
What figure of speech is this?
It was a bitter-sweet ending.
Oxymoron
Give a definition for imagery.
Describes things by appealing to the reader's five senses.
Name the 5 elements of a short story.
theme, plot, characters, conflict, setting
Uses words to mimic sounds
Onomatopoeia
Explain this personification.
Sarah's eyes spoke a million words.
Answer vary.
What figure of speech is this?
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
This kind of Irony happens when a story has an unexpected outcome
Situational Irony
Name the two types of characters.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The repetition of the same constant sound at the beginning of words
Alliteration
Name and explain the purpose of this technique.
The tower went up, up, up into the beautiful sky.
Repetition
When the reader must make inferences about a character's personality.
Indirect characterization
What literary technique is this?
Who doesn't love hot dogs? No body!
Rhetorical Question
Name the different points of view.
First person, Second person, Third person limited and Third Person Omniscient
Places two things side by side to be compared
Juxtaposition
What literary technique is this? (It's not a simile)
Time flies like an arrow but fruit flies like a banana.
Pun
This irony happens when a character says something they don't mean.
Verbal Irony
Which figure of speech is this?
The crash left a long jagged scar on the damp forest floor.Imagery
Name the elements of plot
exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution