Figurative Language
Comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
I, me, we, us...
1st person
A long story written down in a collection of pages which is meant to be read in a specific order.
A book
The end of the story.
A resolution
A short retelling of a text - the main ideas and the most important details.
A summary
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
Personification
He, him, she her, it, them, they...
3rd person
Sections in a play or film that relate or commonly take place in a single setting.
A scene
The details that build excitement/suspense.
Rising action
The lesson learned from the text. Concepts or ideas that are explored throughout the whole text.
A theme
Comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
You
2nd person
Stories written in lines rather than paragraphs.
A poem
The part of the story immediately after the climax.
Falling action
An educated guess based on evidence in the text and prior knowledge
An inference
Over exaggeration.
Hyperbole
I went to the movies last night.
1st person
Serious stories that are acted out often on stage or in a film.
A drama
The problem/conflict of the story. Often the most emotional part of the story.
A climax
The type of text you are reading/writing.
Genre
Saying the opposite of what you mean. " The fire hydrant is on fire."
Irony
Dave, Lisa, and Kyle went to the store to get a bag of chips.
3rd person
A group of lines in a poem separated by white space or a couple of lines. Often considered mistakenly called a paragraph in a poem.
A stanza
The beginning of the story that reveals the main characters, the setting etc.
The exposition
A clue about what is going to happen later in the story.
A foreshadow