Literary Genres and Figurative Language

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What is personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things or abstract ideas. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is the difference between character vs self and character vs society?

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Character vs self involves a character's internal struggle, while character vs society involves a character's conflict with societal norms or rules.

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What is a suffix?

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A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or grammatical function, such as '-ing' in 'running'.

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What is imagery in literature?

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Imagery is descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind, appealing to the senses.

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What is a literary genre?

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A literary genre is a category of literature characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter, such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama.

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What is hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect, such as 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'

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What is an idiom?

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An idiom is a phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, like 'kick the bucket' meaning to die.

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What is a simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', such as 'as brave as a lion'.

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What does 'character vs character' mean?

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Character vs character refers to a conflict between two characters in a story, often involving opposing goals or desires.

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What is the main idea of a passage?

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The main idea is the central point or message that the author wants to convey in a piece of writing.