OAS 5.3.R Vocabulary Review-Part 2

To give human thoughts, feelings, and characteristics to animals or other objects such as nature (Example: The tree lifts its arms to the sun.)

• symbolism

• protagonist

• personification

• hyperbole

a comparison of two different things that are unlike, usually using the words like or as (Example: soft as a kitten)

• simile

• protagonist

• personification

• hyperbole

leading or a main character in a fictional literary text

• simile

• protagonist

• personification

• hyperbole

the central subject of a story or book

• symbolism

• plot

• theme

• hyperbole

use of one thing to suggest or represent something else

• symbolism

• plot

• theme

• hyperbole

action or event that makes something else happen and its results

• symbolism

• cause and effect

• theme

• compare and contrast

similarities and differences between two or more things

• symbolism

• cause and effect

• theme

• compare and contrast

writing structures an author uses to add meaning to his/her work such as similes and metaphors etc.

• symbolism

• cause and effect

• theme

• literary device

words whose sounds suggest the same thing (Example: buzz)

• symbolism

• onomatopoeia

• theme

• hyperbole

words whose sounds suggest the same thing (Example: buzz)

• symbolism

• onomatopoeia

• theme

• hyperbole