Lit Terms & Fig Lang

A metaphor is a direct comparison that ____ ____ use "like" or "as."

TWO WORDS

a comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A comparison in which non-human things are given human-like characteristics.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

We skated over the ice like swans on a serene lake.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

when traits are INFERRED by what a character says or does

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

An author reveals a character's traits.

• climax

• exposition

• characterization

• theme

when the audience / readers know something that the character does not know

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• theme

An ______ is a common saying that is understood in one language, but cannot literally be translated into another language.

author explicitly “tells” the reader details about the character’s personality

Ex. He was an angry, lonely boy.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

where and when a story takes place

• theme

• character

• plot

• setting