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Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Literary Terms 2.0
Dictionary Dash
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The order in which events occur.
What is chronological order?
100
"As fast as the wind." is an example of this.
What is a simile?
100
How authors chose to narrate.
What is point of view?
100
The dictionary definition of the word "abate."
What is to become less intense or widespread.
100
Another word for expository text is this.
What is explanatory?
200
The first of two related events creating another.
What is cause?
200
"It's bursting with flavor." is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200
The events following the first event because something occurred.
What is effect?
200
The dictionary definition for the word "gaudy."
What is extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.
200
To share information and ideas through explanation and evidence.
What is the author's purpose for writing an expository text?
300
A message about life or human nature the writer shares, also a common or repeated idea within a work of literature.
What is theme?
300
"I studied for one-hundred hours last night!" is an example of this.
What is a hyperbole?
300
An overall recap of main events of a piece of literature.
What is summary?
300
The dictionary definition for the word "impede."
What is to delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.
300
The dictionary definition of "poised."
What is having a composed and self-assured manner.
400
How someone, particularly an author, shows emotion to a subject.
What is attitude?
400
"The sun smiled down on me." is an example of this.
What is personification?
400
Being able to detail, using words and phrases, which appeal to one of the five senses.
What is sensory details?
400
The dictionary definition for the word "unscathed."
What is to be without suffering any injury, damage, or harm.
400
If someone has a "broken heart" this is an example of what type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
500
A logical guess based on knowledge and experience.
What is an inference?
500
Saying he's "on the ball" would be an example of this.
What is an idiom?
500
Words used in imaginative ways to express ideas that are not literally true.
What is figurative language?
500
The dictionary definition of the word "vindictive."
What is having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.
500
ALL features of an expository text include these:
What are: Thesis Statements/Controlling Idea Topic Sentences Supporting Details Transitions