Frayer Model Template

Question 1

Oxymoron

Answer 1

Two opposite ideas joined to create an effect (Ex. Heavy lightness)

Question 2

Hyperboles

Answer 2

Exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

Ex. My grandmother is old as dirt

Question 3

Metaphors

Answer 3

Comparing two unlike thing not using “like” or “as”

Ex. My brother is boiling mad

Question 4

Similes

Answer 4

Comparing to unlike things using “like” or “as”

Ex. Life is like a box of chocolates

Question 5

Aside

Answer 5

A short comment or speech that a character delivers to the audience or himself/herself
(Ex. Deadpool)

Question 6

Soliloquy

Answer 6

Reveals the inner most thoughts and can be heard by other characters
(Ex. “O’Romeo, O’Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?”

Question 7

Comic relief

Answer 7

Scene or dialogue used to relieve tensions

Ex. The nurse in Romeo and Juliet

Question 8

Situational Irony

Answer 8

Expectations as to what actually happenes

It was raining outside so you came inside and it starts leaking

Question 9

Verbal Irony

Answer 9

Speaker says the opposite of what they really mean

Ex. Sarcasm

Question 10

Dramatic Irony

Answer 10

Audience knows more then the characters

Ex. Scary movies