Figurative Language
Key Terms 1
Key Terms 2
Key Terms 3
100

The world is a stage. What is it?

Metaphor

100

a piece of writing, such as a book or poem, that has the purpose of telling a story or entertaining, as in a fictional novel. What is it?

Literary texts

100

Charlotte was a frizzy-haired bookworm. What is it?

Characterization

100

The person that tells the story. What is it?

Narrator

200

The plants were begging for water. What is it?

Personification

200

lesson or message of the story. What is it?

Theme

200

The attitude of an author about a subject or an audience. What is it?

Tone

200

The voice of a literary text that speaks about the writer’s feelings or situation. What is it?

Speaker

300

I've been walking for years. What is it?

Hyperbole

300

overview of a text. What is it?

Objective summary

300

A book about the American revolution lists the events leading to the war. What is it

Structure

300

The category of a text. What is it?

Genre

400

beating around the bush. What is it?

idiom

400

A conflict or problem in a story. What is it?

Resolution

400

Where the story takes place. What is it?

Setting

400

A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word. What is it?

Connotative meaning

500

She is as nice as a Friday morning. What is it?


Simile

500

Seeing someone eating a new food and making a face. What is it?

An Inference 

500

The king died, and then the queen died of grief. What is it?

Plot

500

From her point of view, the city was a bustling, vibrant place full of opportunities, but from his point of view, it felt overwhelming and chaotic. What is it?

Point of view