Figurative Language Definitions
A figure of speech used to make a comparison, often using is or was
What is a metaphor?
My backpack weighs a ton!
What is hyperbole?
This person refers Minny to Celia, saying that Miss Leefolt told her to call.
Who is Aibileen?
This character famously says, “You are a smart girl. You a kind girl, Mae Mobley. You hear me?”
Who is Aibileen?
This term describes the main character in a story who faces the central conflict
What is the protagonist?
Representation of something complex, general, or abstract
The Statue of Liberty reflects the democratic ideal
What is a symbol?
Skeeter lives here and Aibileen used to pick cotton here.
What is Longleaf Plantation?
This character wants to keep her maid a secret, pleading "please, I want him to think I can do it on my own. I want him to think I’m…worth it.”
Who is Celia Foote?
This part of the story introduces the setting, characters, and initial conflict
What is exposition?
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Carrie closed her cluttered closet
What is alliteration?
This person tells Skeeter to write "about things that disturb you, particularly if they don’t disturb others."
Who is Elaine Stein?
This character tell Aibileen, "You’re the smartest one in my class, Aibileen…And the only way you’re going to stay sharp is to write every day.”
Who is Miss Ross?
This is the moment in the story where the main conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up
What is the resolution?
Visual symbolism; evokes mental image/other kind of sense impression
What is imagery?
The cupcakes were calling my name
What is personification?
Jackson, Mississippi, for the second time in two months, makes national headlines and appears on the cover of “Life” magazine for the murder of
Who is Medgar Evers?
This New York City publisher tells Skeeter, “get going. Before this civil rights thing blows over.”
Who is Elaine Stein?
A story that includes a second story within its narrative is called
What is a frame story?
Words whose sound suggests its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
The book was a passport to adventure
What is a metaphor?
Skeeter is seen carrying these around in her red satchel.
What are Miss Myrna letters?
This maid says "what am I doing? I must be crazy, giving a white woman the sworn secrets of the colored race…feel like I’m talking behind my own back."
Who is Minny Jackson?
This is the term for the events that lead up to the climax by building tension
What is the rising action?