Figurative Language: Definitions
What is SIMILE?
The following is an example of this type of figurative language:
Just like moons & like tides, still I rise.
What is SIMILE?
The feeling the author has towards something
What is TONE?
The author of The Outsiders.
Who is S.E. HINTON?
Comparing two (2) things without using like or as
What is METAPHOR?
The following is an example of this type of figurative language:
Ms. B is a million years old.
What is HYPERBOLE?
The feeling the reader has towards something
What is MOOD?
This is a type of question that has a clear right and/or wrong answer.
What are CLARIFYING questions?
The author of A Christmas Carol.
Who is CHARLES DICKENS?
Giving objects human qualities & attributes
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Jumbo shrimp
What is OXYMORON?
An example of this term could be love or guilt.
What is TOPIC?
This type question is open-ended.
What is an INTERPRETIVE question?
This is a book written about a group of English boys stranded on an island.
What is LORD OF THE FLIES?
Visually descriptive language that creates a picture in the reader's head
What is IMAGERY?
The following example could be classified as this type of figurative language:
"Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica."
What is ALLITERATION?
What is THEME?
These types of questions are about greater significance of the text.
What are BIG PICTURE questions?
This is where The Crucible is based.
HINT: witch trials...
Where is SALEM, MASS.?
An image that represents an idea or something else
What is SYMBOLISM?
The following word is an example of this type of figurative language:
Buzz
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
This is an opening statement of a text that grabs the reader's attention
What is a HOOK?
This word means all-knowing & is used for narration/POV.
What is OMNISCIENT?
This is a potential text we may read this year, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald about the 1920s.
What is THE GREAT GATSBY?