English Final

Onomatopoeia

• A word that makes the same sound as the word itself

• The time and place in which the events of a story occur

• The point in the story at which the conflict or problem is solved

• The sequence of events or main story in a literary work

Plot

• The sequence of events or main story in a literary work

• Person, animal, or imaginary creature in a literary work

• Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work

• The works spoken by the characters

Dialogue

• The words spoken by the characters

• Opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces (man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. himself)

• Links two opposite or contradictory words

• A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words in the phrase

Idiom

• A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words in the phrase

• a of two things using like or as

• A visual representation of the sequence of events in a story

• A conclusion based on the evidence about something that is not explicitly stated

Inference

• a conclusion based on the evidence about something that is not explicitly stated

• Hinting in someway of events that will happen later in the text (hidden clues from reader to author)

• a word that uses like or as

• A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words in the phrase

Alliteration

• The occurrence of repeated letters or sounds at the beginning of words (think tongue twisters)

• A conclusion based on the evidence about something that is not explicitly stated

Personification

• Giving human characteristics to things that are not human

• The occurrence of repeated letters or sounds at the beginning of words (think tongue twisters)

Hyperbole

• Exaggerated statements used for heightened or comic effect. Uses dramatic effect

• A comparison of two unalike things

Metaphor

• A comparison of two unalike things

• A type of descriptive language used to convey meaning in a way that differs from its literal meaning

Figurative Language

• A type of descriptive language used to convey meaning in a way that differs from its literal meaning

• The form of language spoken by people of a particular group; writing how a certain group speaks