Definitions
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The stars danced in the night.
personification
The sand was hot and coarse under her feet, like walking on tiny coals
imagery/simile
What is the peak of the plot/story called?
Climax
How many zodiac signs?
12
The repetition of the same consonant sounds in the beginning.
Alliteration
The slithering snake stalked the small children.
Alliteration
The air was as cold as ice.
Simile
What are the two types of characterisation?
direct and indirect
What's the most common blood type?
O+
This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.
What is personification?
She was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
She was a sky scraper, towering over all the other students
Metaphor
Define 3rd person limited
When the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
Which country split in two in 1949 and reunited?
Germany
This type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
He was a hurricane as he entered the classroom.
Metaphor
The writer describes the gun hanging from his holster, hinting at future events
foreshadowing
By definition, a short story can range from how many words?
500 - 15,000
What was the first ever Disney movie based on a real person?
Pocahontas
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
Hyperbole
The bee buzzed around my head
onomatopoeia
The aroma of warm, freshly baked bread wafted through the air
imagery
When narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters
Japan