Figurative Language Examples
Her eyes shine like the sun.
What is a simile?
This is a "sentence" in a poem.
What is a line?
The universal message in the story
What is theme?
a speaker or character who tells a story
What is a narrator?
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Grandma is the rock of our family.
What is a metaphor?
This is a "paragraph" in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The main point of the text you are reading
What is central idea?
Fiction that involves an event in history. Contains historical facts, events, or people, but is not true.
Historical Fiction
action word
What is a verb?
The flowers danced in the breeze.
What is personification?
(of a word, syllable, or line) have or end with a sound that corresponds to another
What is a rhyme?
The first sentence or question in an essay that is designed to grab the reader's attention
What is hook?
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
What is subjective?
word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Billy bought a blue bat.
What is alliteration?
This gives a poem its flow and beat
What is rhythm?
not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts
What is objective?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is inference?
word that describes a verb
What is an adverb?
This line is taking forever!
What is hyperbole?
the voice behind the poem—the person we imagine to be saying the thing out loud
Who is the speaker?
a traditional story presenting supernatural characters and episodes that help explain natural events
What is a myth?
a narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters
What is an omniscient narrator?
Word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?