figurative language examples – Swallowing stones – Flashcards
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Jenna Ward's hand hangs above her brow, a visor blotting out the sun
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simile
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He is a dark shadow, moving about clumsily like a squatting troll, traversing rooftops
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His mouth falls open, a silent black zero
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hyperbole
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he will drive the neighbors crazy with heavy metal blasting from his stereo
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simile
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the possibilities swarmed like bees inside his head
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Joe was staring down at the radio as if it were a time bomb about to explode
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allusion
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he wiped the sweat from his face with his Woodstock II T-shirt
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personification metaphor simile
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mourning doves sat as rigid as little gray soldiers, their feathers pressed so close together that Jenna though if one flew off, they would all be lifted into the air in a long silver rope of birds
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simile
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her mother's voice was like a crash of symbols coming at the end of a lullaby
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she merely pulled back into the foyer, like a turtle seeking safety of its shell
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the ink left a dark smudge on his skin, like ashes on Ash Wednesday
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hyperbole
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never in a million years would mr. goldfarb have allowed any other lifeguard to take off the fourth of july
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simile
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her wet dark red hair hung about her shoulders like water snakes
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metaphor
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he told himself this was just another stone to swallow..
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personification
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giving human-like qualities to nonhuman or inanimate objects
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onomatopoeia
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a word with a sound that is associated with its meaning
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hyperbole
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an exaggeration meant for effect
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allusion
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a reference to something outside the text the author expects the reader to recognize - historical - biblical - classical
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author information
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authors life effects book writing inspiration comes from where she lives cite words from other people
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plot triangle
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action, happenings, or sequence of events in a literary work
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plot triangle
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exposition, trigger, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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exposition
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introduction that presents the background information, often comes before the plot is fully introduced - helps reader understand more
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rising action
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series of struggles (conflicts and complications) - builds towards climax - no plot without conflicts and complications
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conflicts
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struggle between 2 opposing forces or charaters
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internal conflict
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conflict that takes place within an individual
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external conflict
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individuals struggle against something outside of themselves
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______ basic types of external conflict
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man
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man vs (another person)________
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society
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man vs (group of people)__________
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self
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man vs (inner person)_________
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nature
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man vs (outside forces)________
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fate
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man vs (destiny)__________
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climax
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point of greatest intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative which will somehow determine the outcome of the story - crisis/ turning point
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falling action
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"working out" of the action that occurred during the story's climax - certain issues must be resolved
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resolution
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called denouement - problem is somehow resolved - follows climax and falling resolution - bring story to a satisfactory end
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setting
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time and place at the action of the story
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setting
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establishes: - physical background - atmosphere - tension, suspense
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setting
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includes: - time - weather - places - any other thing that helps set background
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characterization
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personality a character displays as well as the means by which the author reveals that personality
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character development
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indirect methods of characterization - character actions - physical description - characters thoughts - others thoughts of characters
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direct characterization
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author directly feeds reader the information that they want readers to know - physical attributes - personality -behavior of the character
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static character
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they remain the same throughout the entire story
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dynamic character
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change in an important way
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protagonist
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a main character in whom out interest is on
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antagonist
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character or force working against main character
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point of view
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angle or position from which story is told
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1st person
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story told by his/her view
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3rd person
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story told by someone outside story
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omniscient
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all-knowing narrator knowing characters actions, thoughts, and actions
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limited omniscient
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storyteller shares thoughts
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theme
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main idea o basic meaning of literary work - also statement about life - stated as explicitly, usually implicit - known as universal truths
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theme
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not plot of story insight into human life always more than one word
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foreshadowing
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method of building suspense where the storyteller plants clues and hints at what is to come later in the story
