Figurative Language Flashcards

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Narrative

A

text that tells a story

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Fiction

A

a story that is about fake characters and events

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3
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Realistic Fiction

A

the characters in the story are normal people

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4
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Fantastical Fiction

A

characters and settings are unusual

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5
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Fable

A

animal or non living thing acting like a human

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6
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Folktale

A

a story that was passed from person to person by speaking

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7
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Legends

A

a story about supernatural things

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8
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Autobiography

A

a story of a person’s life written by that person

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Biography

A

a story of a person’s life written by someone else

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10
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Foreshadowing

A

warning

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Characterization

A

traits of a character

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12
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Motivation

A

explains a character’s feelings

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13
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Dialogue

A

conversation

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14
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Plot

A

structure of a story

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Exposition

A

introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

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Rising Action

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builds the conflict and develops the characters

17
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Climax

A

highest point of the story

18
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Falling Action

A

leads to the end of the story

19
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Resolution

A

the end of the story

20
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Simle

A

compares 2 things - uses “like or as”

21
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Metaphor

A

compares 2 things - does NOT use “like or as”

22
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Personification

A

giving non-humans human characteristics

23
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Symbol

A

something that stands for something else

24
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Allusion

A

a reference to something

25
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Onomatopoeia

A

words that sound like the thing they describe

26
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Imagery

A

language that puts a picture in the readers mind

27
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Hyperbole

A

exaggeration

28
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Detonation

A

the definition of a word

29
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Connotation

A

an adjective

30
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Alliteration

A

repeating of a sound in a sentence

31
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Idiom

A

an expression