7th Grade UNIT 3 Flashcards
Figurative Language
The use of language authors use that is not meant to be taken literally.
Personification
Giving inanimate objects human like qualities.
Simile
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Onomatopoeia
Sound words (BAM)
Hyperbole
An extreme exaggeration
Imagery
The use of language that creates images in the reader’s mind
Adjectives
Describes a noun
Adverb
Describes a verb
Descriptive language
Calls upon the 5 senses to create a description of a subject
Protagonist
The main or central character of a story
Antagonist
They pose/create the challenge to the protagonist
Foil
Provides the contrast to the protagonist
Types of conflict
Man vs man….Man vs. God…Man vs. Technology
Internal conflict
The character’s thoughts, feelings, and emotional conflict.
External conflict
Problems created by the outside world (outside the protagonist) (Man vs. Man)
Static character
A character that does not change their actions
Dynamic character
A character that changes their actions
Round character
A character that changes their emotions
Flat character
A character that does not change their emotion
1st person point of view
“I, we, me, us…”
2nd person point of view
“You.”
3rd person point of view
People’s names, them, they, he, she,
Limited point of view
Only knowing one character’s thoughts and feelings
Omniscient point of view
Knowing all the character’s thoughts and feelings
Objective point of view
Knowing none of the character’s thoughts and feelings
Author’s purpose
To inform, persuade, and entertain
