Plot & Figurative Language Review

Front

What is a hook?

Back

Grabs the reader’s attention

Front

What is a major conflict?

Back

A struggle within a story, often the “thing” that needs to be solved or fixed

Front

What is dialogue?

Back

Speech between two or more characters or people

Front

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?

His heart raced.

Options:

Personification

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Idiom

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Metaphor

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Simile

Back

Personification

Front

What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence?
Dan Morgan had been grinning from ear to ear about this field trip since his first week of school.

Back

Idiom

Front

What does the figurative language in the sentence "His heart raced" mean?

Back

The person's heart was beating fast.

Front

What does the figurative language 'grinning from ear to ear' mean in the sentence: Dan Morgan had been grinning from ear to ear about this field trip since his first week of school?

Back

His smile was so large it almost reached his ears.

Front

What is the exposition of a story?

Back

The setting, characters, and the problem are introduced

Front

What is the rising action in a story?

Back

Characters work through the problem or conflict