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Figurative language

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When words mean something other than their literal meaning Figurative language
Ex: Fast girl Rushed inside like a hyena. Simile
A figure of speech involving the comparison of the one thing with another using like or as Simile
Ex: The dress with a sparkling Gem Metaphor
Figure speech involving the comparison without using like or as and by saying one thing it’s something else Metaphor
EX: each stressed seem to shudder with excitement Personification
Giving human qualities to something nonhuman Personification
EX:The young girl shoes or the most beautiful pair that has ever been made Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration that cannot possibly be true Hyperbole
Ex:The princess is stressed Swished she passed the prince. Onomatopoeia
Imitates the sound effect of the word being used Onomatopoeia
Ex: there was a love hate relationship between the so-called happy couple Oxymoron
A figure speech when the words contradict each other Oxymoron
Ex: You’re driving me insane Cliché
A phrase that is ever used in the betras of lack of original thought Cliché
Ex: The young Princess was head over heels Idiom
A group of words that you cannot detect their meaning by reading the individual word Idiom
EX: the snake slithered across the Sandyshore Alliteration
The repetition of the same initial constant sound Alliteration
EX: the early bird catches the worm Assonance
The repetition of the similar vowel sounds making the word rhyme Assonance
EX: The people were like a good Samaritan when they help with the damage the storm had caused Allusion
Reference to a famous person place event or work of literal Allusion
When the audience or reader knows something the characters cannot Dramatic irony
When someone expects one thing to happen in the complete opposite occurs Situational irony
EX: the police officer got his license suspended because of too many unpaid ticket Situational irony
EX: after hours of waiting for the bowling rank to open we finally got the ball rolling Pun
The humerus use of a word or phrase to him plus size or suggest different meaning or the use of the words that are alike or moral alike in sound but different in meaning a play on words Pun
EX: I can hear the popping in crackling sound of popcorn cooking in the microwave Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to one of the 5 Senses plays a clear picture of the person’s place thing or situation being described Imagery
EX: Jesus is my rock Symbolism
Use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meaning that are different from the literal sense Symbolism
Section that includes characters settings at the other background information Exposition
Events that build up to the climax consist of complications Rising action
Element that involves hey struggle between two opposing forces Conflict
Refers to the character internal struggles Internal conflict
Conflict between a Character and external forces External conflict
EX: the wolf is the antagonist in “the three little pigs.” Antagonists
Opposing force that brings conflict and is in instrumental in the development of the protagonist Antagonist
EX: the word “hero” originally came from Hercules Protagonist
Main character in any stories such as Work or drama (poetry narrative novel or any other stories) Protagonist
Hi’s point of the plot won the outcome is being decided Climax
Series of the related events that make up a story Plot
All of the events following the climax these events are a result of the action taken the climax Falling action
Resolution or conclusion the scene in which the plot reaches its final income Dénouement
A hunt or clue that is fully understood after the reader discovers more info later in the plot Foreshadowing
Uncertainty or anxiety that the reader feels about what is going to happen Suspense
EX: At the beach on a sunny day Setting
Location of a story Setting
Diagram of plot Freytag’s pyramid
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