FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN SPEAK!

Name that figurative language device:

Making an unlikely comparison using LIKE or AS.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Dramatic Irony

• Personification

Name that figurative language device:

The overall main idea or topic the author wants you to consider; could be a complex question with no clear answer.

• Plot

• Simile

• Personification

• Theme

Select the correct DEFINITION for this literary device:

Personification

• Making a comparison to an unlike thing WITHOUT like or as.

• When the writer gives an inanimate/not alive object living characteristics OR gives an animal complex human emotions

• Reference to a cultural symbol known outside the book

• Vivid description focusing on the five senses

What is the PLOT?

• A character's life from beginning to end.

• The carefully structured and organized sequence of events in a story that focuses on the most important scenes or situations in a story.

• Reference to a cultural symbol known outside the book.

• A summary of the story.

What is it when an author interrupts the present time in a story to recount a memory or detail that happened before the story started?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Plot

• Theme

What is this an example of from SPEAK:

"I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to. A predator approaches: gray jock buzz cut, whistle around a neck thicker than his head."

• Theme

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is TONE in a work of literature?

• The overall setting of the story.

• The vibe or emotion conveyed.

• The speaker's attitude towards what they are speaking about.

• Using the five senses to describe events in detail.

Name the literary device that matches this definition:

When the writer attaches a deeper meaning to a recurring object or idea in the story.

• Theme

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

When the writer uses the five senses to vividly describe a scene or action in the book, they are using...

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Antagonist

Which answer correctly describe the relationship between protagonist and antagonist in a story?

• The antagonist is the character whose perspective we see in the book; the protagonist creates or emphasizes the conflict they experience.

• The antagonist is the protagonist's ally, like a parent or friend.

• The protagonist is the character whose perspective we see in the book; the antagonist creates or emphasizes the conflict the protagonist experiences.

• The protagonist is the antagonist's ally, like a parent or friend.