Figurative Language
Literary Terms
The Veldt
Split Cherry Tree
A Rose For Emily
100
comparing two things using like or as
What is Simile
100
stories main message or moral of the story
What is theme
100
George
What is dads name
100
split cherry tree is a
What is symbol
100
Miss Emily Grierson
What is fallen monument
200
putting an image of whats happeneing in the readers mind
What is Imagery
200
authors attitude toward the subject matter or the reader (audience)
What is tone
200
technology is going to make the world a bad place is an example of
What is theme
200
dad represents
What is past
200
old south
What is where the story takes place
300
two or more words in a row starting with the same sounds
What is Alliteration
300
An object that on one level is itslsef but that has another meaning as well
What is Symbol
300
authors name
What is Ray Bradbury
300
son represents
What is present
300
a "servant" who brought back food for Miss Emily while she was in her house for 40 years
What is Tobe
400
word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing
What is onomatopoeia
400
what the reader feels
What is mood
400
example of forshadowing that the parents were going to be eaten
What is bloody and chewed up scarf and wallet
400
professor represents
What is future
400
Protagonist
What is Miss Emily
500
description that is exaggerated for emphasis
What is hyperbole
500
intense feeling a reader goes through while waiting to find out what happenes next
What is suspense
500
symbol
What is nursery
500
1st POV
What is point of view the story is told in
500
Miss Emilys 'true love' that she killed
What is Homer Barron