Final Key Terms Quiz

A figure of speech that compares or equates two basically different things, such as "The snow is a white blanket" or "All the world's a stage." Does not use "like" or "as."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A narrator who only knows the thoughts and feelings of one person.

• limited

• omniscient

• second person

• dynamic

A reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious. What a character wants.

• inner conflcit

• external conflict

• inference

• motive

Narrator in a poem.

• 3rd person

• limited

• omniscient

• speaker

Similar events that repeat in the story.

• exposition

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• parallel episodes

Figure of speech using exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or create humor, such as "He was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole."

• idioms

• paradox

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to directly compare two seemingly unlike things, such as "A blind rage like a fire swept over him."

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• oxymoron

The controlling idea of a text. The main point a writer wants to make in an essay. The big idea.

• plot

• setting

• tone

• thesis

A narrator who knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a story.

• omniscient

• limited

• first person

• third person

Examples of this type of figurative language where it literally does not make sense includes: “Bite the bullet”

“Break a leg”

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• paradox

• idiom