Figurative Language
This type of figurative language gives human traits, feelings, or actions to non-human or inanimate objects.
What is personification?
Two friends start yelling at each other after a secret is leaked.
What is character vs. character?
This is the standard, preferred font style and size for an MLA-formatted paper.
What is Times New Roman, 12-point font?
This term refers to the central message, moral, or lesson about life that the author wants the reader to take away.
What is the theme?
Choose the correct form: “____ going to the park.” (There / Their / They're)
What is "They're"?
Identify this common expression that has a non-literal meaning: "Break a leg."
What is an idiom?
A powerful storm knocks out the power during your favorite show.
What is character vs. nature?
This is the required spacing for an entire essay.
What is double-spacing?
This method reveals a character’s personality through their actions, speech, thoughts, or interactions rather than directly stating it.
What is indirect characterization?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
True or False: "Alice's aunt ate apples around August" is an example of alliteration.
What is true?
In Disney's Coco, Miguel goes against his family's strict, generational ban on music to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.
What is character vs. society?
This appears in the top right corner of the header.
What is the student's last name and the page number?
This part of the plot diagram serves as the introduction, where characters and setting are first revealed.
What is the exposition?
These two punctuation marks are required to enclose a direct quote.
What are quotation marks?
Identify the device: "My mind is an ocean; my words are a river."
What is a metaphor?
A student is unsure whether to turn in a cheating classmate or keep quiet.
What is character vs. self?
List the four elements that must appear in the top-left heading on your first page, in their exact order.
What are the Student’s Name, Instructor’s Name, Course Name/Number, and the Due Date?
The practice of using visible objects, words, actions, colors, or animals to represent a deeper meaning or idea.
What is symbolism?
Choose the correct word for comparison: "I like apples more ____ oranges." (then / than)
What is "than"?
Identify the human action in this sentence: "The door protested as it opened slowly."
What is protesting?
Lauren's hairdryer broke the morning of her presentation.
What is character vs technology?
These are the correct margin sizes for the top, bottom, left, and right sides of your document.
What is 1 inch?
The use of vivid or figurative language in literature and poetry to appeal to the five senses and create a picture.
What is imagery?
This punctuation mark shows possession, as in "the dog's bone".
What is an apostrophe?