Figurative Language
This is a type of figurative language that uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a simile?
This type of imagery is used in the following sentence: "After eating the curry, his breath reeked of garlic."
What is smell?
What is first person point of view?
This is when things happen in order of time.
What is chronological order?
This is the turning point of the story. There can be a confrontation between the protagonist and antagonist, though it is not the "big fight."
What is the climax?
This type of figurative language is used for exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This is a contrast between what you expect and what actually happens in a story.
What is irony?
In this point of view, the narrator talks to the audience or the reader directly.
What is second person point of view?
This is when information explains how things are similar or different.
What is comparing and contrasting?
This is the very end of the plot. The conflict is resolved, and the characters go back to their normal lives.
What is the resolution?
This type of figurative language occurs when multiple words begin with the same consonant sound. Example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
This is when a story stops to go back to something that happened previously.
What is flashback?
What is third person omniscient point of view?
This is when an informational text has a main idea with details that support it.
What is description?
This is when the main conflict of the story comes into play. There is a buildup of tension, and both the theme and characters are further developed.
What is the rising action?
This type of figurative language occurs when non-human things are given human-like qualities. Example: The flowers danced in the wind.
What is personification?
This is the official name for hints or clues that something might happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What is third person limited point of view?
This explains how one event leads to another.
What is cause and effect?
The lesson or the moral of the story.
What is theme?
What is an extended metaphor?
This type of figurative language appeals to the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
What is imagery?
This point of view uses pronouns such as I, we, me, and us.
What is first person point of view?
This explains a problem and then shows one or more ways to solve the problem.
What is problem and solution?
This is the opening of the story. Characters and setting are introduced, and the conflict is revealed.
What is the exposition?