FOE II Vocab

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Sometimes speakers will tell a short entertaining story, or an ____________ to capture the readers interest.

• anecdote

• characterization

• imagery

• metaphor

The football team was a pack of fearless wolves.

Which figurative language is being used?

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

Ms. Phelps grew desperately tired of repeating the same rules to the same kid a million times each day.

Cite the figurative language being used.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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Alana had not been to Carowind's since she was a little girl, so when she went as an adult it brought back such __________ feelings.

• remarkable

• somber

• superb

• nostalgic

When and where a story takes place is the

• theme.

• setting.

• tone.

• allusion.

Authors don't always state everything they want you to know. Instead, you must use the information you are given to read between the lines and make a(n) ________________.

• connotation

• central idea

• allusion

• inference

Which type of figurative language is used?

Every time Shayla got paid, her money seemed to run rapidly into other people's pockets.

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

When the author provides clues about what will happen later in a story, they are using which literary device?

• irony

• foreshadowing

• hyperbole

• imagery

Connotation refers to

• the negative, positive, or neutral feelings attached to a word's meaning.

• a positive feeling about a pleasant memory.

• a process an author uses to let readers know more about the characters and their personal traits.

• a struggle that a person has within themselves about their needs, desires, emotions, or thoughts.

A character in a story who is struggling with not being able to speak in front of others because they are shy and lack confidence within, would be an example of

• irony.

• symbolism.

• internal conflict.

• personification.