Figurative Language 5 Simple Types
The same letter or sound at the beginning of several words next to each other.
What is alliteration?
The leading character or one of the major characters, usually a "good guy".
What is protagonist?
Using language to create mental images in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
The beginning of a story.
What is introduction?
A comparison that does not use the words like or as.
What is metaphor?
When what is said is the opposite of the literal meaning.
What is verbal irony?
A character or force that opposes the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
To describe and provide information about specific characters.
What is characterization?
The moment in the story when the problem is being dealt with, usually the highest point.
What is climax?
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is onomatopoeia?
When contradictory terms appear next to each other.
What is oxymoron?
The perspective from which a story is told; describes who is narrating the story.
What is point of view?
Two words: 1., a recurring element or pattern that supports the theme, and 2.Objects or images that represent ideas and appear only a few times in a story.
What is motif and symbol?
The end of the story.
What is resolution?
Exaggeration that is used to emphasize an idea.
What is hyperbole?
A type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be understood by the literal meaning of the individual words.
What is idiom?
The central idea or message that a writer explores in a literary work
What is theme?
The atmosphere created in a story through use of descriptive language.
What is mood?
The part of a story after the highest conflict is dealt with.
What is falling action?
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
What is personification?
When a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
What is synecdoche?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is plot?
The overall attitude conveyed by the narrator's word choice in a story.
What is tone.
The part of the story when the story's main problem occurs.
What is rising action?