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Figures of Speech!
Lots of figures of speech for reading class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dynamic character | a character who changes through out the story |
| static character | remains the same throughout the whole story |
| alliteration | the repitition of initial consonant sounds |
| personification | an object given human characteristics |
| hyperbole | extreme exageration |
| paradox | a contradictory statement which actually makes sense |
| oxymoron | a two-word contradiction |
| onomatopoeia | the imitation of sounds |
| pun | one word has two meanings at once |
| imagery | set of mental pictures |
| symbol | an object represents something else |
| tone | attitude portrayed by the author |
| plot | the sequence of events in the story |
| theme | the central idea; insight; reason for writing the story |
| conflict | the struggle out of which the story is grows |
| foreshadowing | hints about the outcome of the story |
| point of view | angle from which the story is told |
| setting | year, place, geographical location, time of day, weather, socio/economic circumstances, historical time period |
| excerpt | a little segmant of something |
| flashback | returning the reader to the past |
| omniscient | all knowing |
| greed | material gained at any cost |
| sloth | laziness |
| pride | to high opinion of ones self |
| wrath | extreme anger |
| envy | jelousy |
| gluttony | eatin of drinking to the excess |
| lust | overwelming desire |
| epiphany | change of heart |
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