Fiction Unit Vocab INCLUDING Examples

What is the definition of "CHARACTER"? This has TWO answers!

• the people in the book that interact with the plot

• the sequence of events in a story

• the qualities of an individual

What is the definition of "CONNOTATIVE"?

• literal meaning of a word

• details or facts that are clearly stated so there is no room for confusion

• a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word, even though it does not need to a part of the word's meaning

What is the definition of "DENOTATIVE"?

• literal meaning of a word

• details or facts that are clearly stated so there is no room for confusion

• a feeling or idea that is suggested by a particular word, even though it does not need to a part of the word's meaning

What is the definition of "FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE"?

• a word's literal meaning

• something Ms. Jacques made up

• a language that is used in the land of Figurate

• a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday meaning; the opposite of literal meaning

What is the definition of "FLASHBACK"?

• a transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal order of events

• a method of reading where you read back to front of a book

• shows readers what is going to happen in the future of the story

What is the definition of "FORESHADOWING"?

• a transition in a story to an earlier time, that interrupts the normal order of events

• a method of reading where you read back to front of a book

• a literary device to tease readers about plot turns that will occur later in the story

What is the definition of "METAPHOR"?

• a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

• figure of speech that shows similarities between two different things usually using “like” or “as” to make the comparison.

• a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing. Examples – bam, thump, whoosh

What is the definition of "SIMILE"?

• a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

• figure of speech that shows similarities between two different things usually using “like” or “as” to make the comparison.

• a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing. Examples – bam, thump, whoosh

What is the definition of "REPETITION"?

• a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

• figure of speech that shows similarities between two different things usually using “like” or “as” to make the comparison.

• a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing. Examples – bam, thump, whoosh

What is the definition of "ONOMATOPOEIA"?

• a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

• figure of speech that shows similarities between two different things usually using “like” or “as” to make the comparison.

• a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable

• a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing. Examples – bam, thump, whoosh