Figurative Language
Compares two things using like or as.
Simile!
Tells the story from his/her point of view.
1st Person
Indicates a fact or opinion
Indicative
Adds -s -es
3rd person singular
Present
Compares two things that are not alike not using like or as.
Metaphor
The difference between what is expected and what happens.
Situational Irony
Outside view
3rd Person objective
Asks a question
Interrogative
Add -ing
use after a form of be
(is, are, was, were, will be)
Present Participle
Imitating Sound
Onomatopoeia
The audience knows something that the character doesn't.
Dramatic Irony
outside view + everyone's thoughts (They)
3rd person omniscient
Give a command or request
Imperative
Add -d -ed (regular)
No prediction pattern (irregular)
Past
Gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.
Personification
The difference between what is said and what is meant. ( Sarcasm)
Verbal Irony
Places the reader in the story
2nd person
Expresses uncertainty.
Refer to something that may or may not happen.
Conditional
Add -d -ed after a form of have (regular)
No pattern predictable (irregular)
Past Participle
Phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.
Idiom
Outside view + everyone's thoughts (He/She)
3rd Person Limited
A wish, hope, or statement contrary to the fact, regret, hypothetical, cannot happen.
Subjunctive