Cresap Figurative Language and Story Elements

The flame of the candle danced in the dark.

What is the turning point in a story?

Hungry harry hurried home to Hicksville from the hot hurricane in Hawaii.

I'm as happy as a pig

This bag weighs a ton!

That was a piece of cake

Splat!

I am as cute as a button and as sharp as a needle.

Which type of figurative language device using the words "like" or "as" to compare two things?

When he stalks his prey, he is a shadow.

______________________ is how the character changes and grows in a story.

Comparing something not using like or as

What figurative device is the picture shown: My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.

Couch Potato

Fizz, Snap, Zap!

That was a piece of cake!

What are the two figurative language types that compare things to other objects?

He is feeling, under the weather.

She cried so long that she made a lake

The picture gives you the answer!

What is an animal or person in a story called?

_________________________ makes sounds that an object or animal would make.

______________________ is a series of events in a story.

__________________________ gives human characteristics to an animal or an object.

Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

The car's engine coughed its last breath. The carved pumpkin smiled at us.

I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow!