Figurative Language
"Peter Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" is an example of what literary device?
What is alliteration?
What is the protagonist?
A text structure that shows how one event or action makes something else happen.
What is cause and effect?
A statement that says what a writer believes and wants others to believe too.
What is argument or claim?
A word that means nearly the same as another word—for example, "happy" and "joyful."
What is a synonym?
"They sky as deep as the blue ocean." The author is using language that creates a picture in the reader's mind. What literary device is this?
What is imagery?
The sequence of events that make up a story, often depicted as a roller coaster or a mountain.
What is plot?
A text structure that shows how two things, people, or ideas are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
A fact, example, or explanation that explains why someone should agree with a claim.
What is a reason?
A word that means the opposite of another word—for example, "hot" and "cold."
What is an antonym?
"The wind whispered at the trees." This is an example of which literary device?
What is personification?
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
When an author tells events in the order they happened—first this happened, then that happened, and so on.
What is chronological order?
Information, facts, examples, or quotes from sources that prove or support a claim.
What is evidence?
The part of a word that comes at the beginning and changes its meaning. In "unhappy" and "redo," what is this part called?
What is a prefix?
When the author writes, "Her eyes were stars." What type of comparison is this?
What is metaphor?
A struggle that happens inside a character's mind, such as deciding between two choices or overcoming a fear.
What is internal conflict?
Will also accept: person vs self
The feeling or attitude the author expresses toward the topic—such as happy, serious, angry, or doubtful.
What is the author's tone?
The opening sentence of an essay that introduces the topic and gets readers interested in the topic.
What is a hook?
-graph means to write. This is an example of a what?
What is a Greek or Latin root?
A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood just by looking at the individual words. "It's raining cats and dogs." "On thin ice." What literary device is this?
What is an Idiom?
A struggle between a character and another person, nature, or circumstance.
What is external conflict?
Would also accept: Person vs Person, Person vs. Nature, or Person vs Society
The reason the author wrote the text—to explain something, to convince you of an idea, to entertain you, or to tell you what happened.
What is the author's purpose?
The final sentence of an essay that introduces the topic and tells the reader what the essay will argue or explain.
What is the thesis statement?
The part of a word that comes at the end and changes its meaning. In "happy," "happily," and "happiness," what changes?
What is a suffix?