Figurative Language
What is personification?
What is the Rhyme Scheme in the following poem?
Soft dusk settles where the river hums,
A silver path that dances through the night,
A lone lantern sways as evening comes,
Its steady glow returns the dark to light.
What is
AB AB?
The root word for the word incredible
What is cred
100: The "big idea," life lesson, or central message that the author wants the reader to understand.
What is theme?
This first stage of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and introduces the conflict
What is Exposition or Introduction?
Her smile was like sunshine is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is a simile?
Titles, Headings, Subheadings, and bolded words are all examples of
What are text features?
If someone is bilingual, they can do what?
Speak two languages
These are specific facts, examples, or statistics that "back up" and prove the central idea.
What are supporting details?
Two types of conflict
Write an example of an idiom.
Varies
What are stage directions?
After hiking all day, the famished travelers were desperate for food."
What does FAMISHED mean?
What is hungry?
A doctor appearing in a commercial for a new medicine is primarily using this rhetorical appeal.
What is ethos?
Authority
This type of third-person narrator is "all-knowing" and can see into the thoughts and feelings of every character in the story.
What is omniscient?
The boy had Herculean strength is an example of what figurative language
What is allusion?
What is it called when two characters are having a conversation?
What is dialogue
"The precarious stack of boxes was leaning to the left and looked like it was about to fall."
What does PRECARIOUS mean?
What is shaky or unstable?
This appeal aims for the audience's heart by using emotions like pity, anger, or fear
What is Pathos?
This is the term for a first-person narrator who may be biased, lying, or mistaken, making the reader question the truth of the story
What is unreliable narrator?
His voice was thunder in the silent hall is an example of what figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
Found at the beginning of a book, this lists chapters and page numbers
What is the Table of Contents
The meaning of mis in the word mistake
What is bad or wrong?
This appeal uses logic, facts, and statistics to convince an audience.
This term describes the author’s attitude toward their subject, which is often conveyed through their choice of words (diction)
What is tone?