Study guide for mid term Ms lynn

What is Figurative Language?

• Figurative language is a type of grammar rule.
• Figurative language is only used in poetry.
• Figurative language refers to the literal meaning of words.
• Figurative language is a form of expression that conveys meanings beyond the literal interpretation of words.

What is an example of figurative language?

• The sky is blue.
• She ran like the wind.
• He is a tall tree.
• "Time is a thief."

What is Character?

• Character refers to a person's physical appearance.
• Character is the set of moral and mental qualities that define an individual.
• Character is the name of a type of punctuation.
• Character is a fictional role in a story.

What is Exposition?

• Exposition is the climax of a story.
• Exposition refers to the main conflict in a narrative.
• Exposition is the introduction of background information in a story.
• Exposition is the conclusion of a story.

What are metaphors?

• Metaphors are literal descriptions of objects.
• Metaphors are synonyms for words that sound similar.
• Metaphors are types of similes that compare two similar things.
• Metaphors are comparisons between two things without using like or as.

What is an example of a metaphor?

• Time flies like an arrow.
• The arrow is as sharp as a knife.

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Time is a thief.

What are similes?

• Similes are a type of metaphor.
• Similes are comparisons using 'like' or 'as'.
• Similes are always used in poetry.
• Similes are comparisons that do not use 'like' or 'as'.

Which is an example of a simile?

• Her smile was as bright as a star.
• The wind whispered softly.
• He ran with the wind.

• Her smile was the sun.

What is personification?

• Personification is the study of human behavior.
• Personification is the use of metaphors in writing.
• Personification is a type of poetry.
• Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities.

What is an example of Personification?

• The river flowed over the rocks.

• The clock ticked loudly in the silence.
• The sun shined brightly in the sky.

• The wind whispered through the trees.