Figurative Language
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Montresor's family coat of arms is an example of this literary element
What is a symbol?
The part in the story in which there is a turning point, and the conflict is, or is about to be, solved
What is climax?
When someone says something but means the opposite
What is verbal irony?
The main character of a story, typically "the good guy"
What is a protagonist?
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
This message from the Scarlet Ibis, "Pride can have consequences."
What is the story's theme?
The background information at the start of the story, when the narrator introduce characters and setting
What is exposition?
When the audience knows something that the characters don't
What is dramatic irony?
Hints at what is going to happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
Giving human characteristics to something inhuman
What is personification?
Brother's shame over Doodle being weak is an example of this type of conflict
What is person vs self, internal?
The events immediately following the climax
What is falling action?
What you expect to happen in a situation is the opposite of what actually happens in a story
What is situational irony?
This quote is an example:"The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softy the names of our dead" is an example of this.
What is personfication?
the use of particular words to evoke an experience in our minds through our senses-sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
What is imagery?
The type of characterization is the author doing when Brother tells us he has a streak of cruelty in his love
What is direct characterization?
The events in a story that lead up to the climax
What is rising action?
A situation such as a mouse chasing a cat is an example of this
What is situational irony?
You could describe the following passage as unsettling:
Elaine crept through the decrepit building with peeling wallpaper, cobwebs, and the smell of mold assaulting her nose. It was very dark, and she prayed no one heard her.
The literary element that refers to the reader's feeling is
What is the mood of the passage?
Repeated consonant sounds at the start of words
What is alliteration?
Rainsford is this kind of character who changes
What is a dynamic character?
How the story ends
What is the resolution?
A character being excited to reunite with their spouse, not knowing that their spouse is cheating on them is an example of this
What is dramatic irony?
A complete statement of a message from the story
What is a theme?