The Giver Grammer Chapters 8-16 Flashcards
Alliteration
Sounds at the beginning of a word
Allusion
A reference of a person place of thing assumed to be well known
Foreshawdowing
The use of hints or clues to suggest a later event that occurs in the work
Hyperbole
An exaggeration
Imagery
Language that appeals to the five senses
Irony
The opposite of what you expect occurs
Metaphor
A comparison using a form of the verb “to be”
Repetition
The repeating of words phrases for emphasis of effect
Simile
Comparison using like or as
Symbolism
An object represents an idea
Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet
Alliteration
She has the feeling of a golden ticket: Charlie and the chocolate factory
Alusion
Dark and stormy weather on a cold night will make the reading predict something bad with happen
Foreshadowing
I love you to the moon and back
Hyperbole
The grass tickled his skin
Imagery
The titanic was unsinkable bus still sunk
Irony
You have a heart of gold
Metaphor
Waited some time, then more time, and after a long time.
Repetition
You are as fast as a cheetah
Simile
Black represents evil
Symbolism
Euphemism
A nice way of saying something
Flashback
Going back in time
Onomatopia
The word imitates the sound it describes
Theme
The lesson learned by the end of the story
