Figurative Language
This is when an author uses language in a meaningful way that is not always literal
What is figurative language?
When and where a story takes place is called the
What is setting?
The feelings associated with a particular word
What is connotation?
This occurs before the root and changes the meaning of a word
What is prefix?
When we use background knowledge and apply it to the text to make a conclusion
What is making an inference?
The following sentence is an example of what?
Chris carefully cooked a colossal meal for his family.
What is Alliteration?
This takes place after the climax
What is falling action?
This is also known as the actual meaning, or 'dictionary' definition
What is denotation?
This occurs after the root and changes the meaning of a word
What is suffix?
This is the overall message that the author wants readers to gain from their work
What is the theme?
This occurs when human like qualities are given to non-human things
This is where we learn the setting and characters of the story
What is Exposition?
What is the connotation of the word stingy in this sentence?
Sara is stingy with her toys, so she doesn't have many playmates.
What is negative connotation?
Look at the following word:
Chronological
What is the root of this word that means "time"?
What is "chrono-"?
If you were writing in this point of view, you would use pronouns such as I, My, and We.
What is first person point of view?
What type of figurative language is present in this sentence?:
Your friend Jack is a big baby!
What is Metaphor?
This is also known as the problem of the story
What is conflict?
Which of the words in the following sentence have a positive connotation?
Reilly is an ambitious little girl.
What is ambitious?
This suffix means "the study of"
What is -ology/-logy?
This is also known as the main character of a narrative
What is protagonist?
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
These shoes are killing me
What is hyperbole?
This is what a conversation between characters in a narrative is called
What is dialogue?
The three types of connotations
What is positive, negative, and neutral?
This suffix means "a person who"
This resource is used to find synonyms and antonyms of different words
What is a thesaurus?