Mid-Term Review Flashcards
What’s a metaphor?
Comparing to things by saying one thing is another.
Ex: Her home was a prison.
What’s a hyperbole?
An exaggeration or over statement.
Ex: I was so hungry I could eat a cow!
What’s a simile?
Comparing to things by using “like” or “as”.
Ex: He ran as fast as a speeding bullet.
What’s personification?
Giving human qualities to an inanimate object.
Ex: The wind made the tree branches dance in the wind.
What’s onomatopoeia?
Words that imitate the sound or action they are associated with.
Ex: Bang, Boom, Slam.
What’s alliteration?
The repeating of similar sounds in multiple words in a sentence.
Ex: Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What’s a protagonist?
The main character or “good guy” in a story.
What’s an antagonist?
The opposition to the main character or “bad guy” in a story.
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place.
What is the theme of a story?
What the author is trying to teach or tell the reader.
Ex: In the Monkey’s Paw, the theme was “be careful what you wish for “.
What’s conflict?
The main problem in the story.
What’s a static character?
A character that stays the same throughout the story.
What’s a dynamic character?
A character who’s personalities or traits change throughout the story.
What’s a flat character?
A minor character who isn’t important or doesn’t go through much change in the story.
What’s a round character?
Major character that is more complex.
What’s foreshadowing?
Giving clues to what will happen later in in the story.
What’s irony?
The opposite of what you expect is going to happen.
