Figurative Language
Terms
Terms
A comparison of 2 unlike things using the word "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Has a bracket at the beginning and the end; used to inform actors what to do
What are stage directions?
What do highlight, reveal, demonstrate, and illustrate mean?
What is show?
Hints that are given within the story about will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
To make notes about the passage while reading
What is annotation?
A comparison of 2 unlike things that does not use the word like or as
What is a metaphor?
A paragraph in a poem
What is a stanza?
An educated guess based on text evidence
What is inference?
Words the author uses to appeal to the reader's senses
What is sensory language?
Specific words that are helpful in figuring out the question
What are key words?
Giving nonhuman objects characteristics of a human
What is personification?
The words that characters speak aloud
What is dialogue?
The overall message in a piece of writing
What is theme?
When an author creates a visual experience for the reader so that the reader can imagine what is happening
What is imagery?
Putting the question into your own words
What is rewriting the question?
What type of figurative language is used in the example below?
The crisp creek laughed and skipped its way through the meadow without any concern of the passing time.
What is personification?
Changes when the setting changes
To strongly show
What is emphasize?
Words used to describe something in great detail
What is descriptive language?
To stop working on the test for a few minutes while your mind rests
What is giving yourself a break?
What type of figurative language is used in the example below?
Her eyes were diamonds that sparkled when she laughed.
What is a metaphor?
When reading poetry, the reader should pause...
What is at the end of each line?
The events in a story
What is plot?
An occurrence in which a character remembers an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story
What is a flashback?
Underline this before reading the passage
What is the title?