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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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VOCABULARY
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PLOT REVIEW
100
GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO NON-HUMAN THINGS
What is PERSONIFICATION
100
SHE IS AS BLIND AS A BAT
What is SIMILE
100
SERIOUS, UNSMILING, STRICT
What is STERN
100
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN A STORY
What is PLOT
100
EVENTS WHICH OCCUR WHICH LEAD TO THE CLIMAX
What is RISING ACTION
200
COMPARING TWO THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
What is SIMILE
200
THE TREE LEANED DOWN AND SIGHED AS THE WIND WHIPPED THROUGH
What is PERSONIFICATION
200
TO BURN SOMETHING TO ASHES (USUALLY A BODY)
What is CREMATE
200
SANDY SOLD SEA SHELLS BY THE SEA SHORE
What is ALLITERATION
200
THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. INTRODUCES THE CHARACTERS AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
What is EXPOSITION
300
COMPARING TWO THINGS WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
What is METAPHOR
300
HER WORDS WERE WEAPONS AGAINST HIM
What is METAPHOR
300
TO FEEL INTENSE DISGUST OR DISLIKE FOR
What is LOATHE
300
IN "3SK" IT WAS WHEN THE RATS WERE FINALLY KILLED. IN "RIKKI-TIKKI" IT WAS WHEN RIKKI KILLED NAGAINA.
What is CLIMAX
300
In both 3SK and Rikki-Tikki, it was "Don't give up!" or "Never stop fighting!"
What is THEME
400
HE WAS AS THIN AS A TOOTHPICK (YES, IT'S A SIMILE, BUT WHAT ELSE?)
What is HYPERBOLE
400
AN EXAGGERATION OR OVERSTATEMENT
What is HYPERBOLE
400
NOT OFTEN; RARELY
What is SELDOM
400
CAUSING HORROR OR DISGUST
What is GRISLY
400
THE END OF THE STORY WHEN EVERYTHING IS WRAPPED UP
What is RESOLUTION
500
REPEATING A SOUND OR LETTER AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS
What is ALLITERATION
500
WORDS THAT APPEAL TO THE READER'S SENSES
What is IMAGERY
500
GREAT FEAR, CONCERN, OR WORRY
What is DREAD
500
FRIGHTFUL; CAUSING GREAT FEAR
What is GHASTLY
500
IN "RIKKI-TIKKI" IT WAS A BUNGALOW IN INDIA
What is SETTING