Grade 10 Figurative Language

A denotation is:

Type of character that the audience is rooting for

Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives

63 cent word: To "infer" is to:

A problem or struggle between opposing forces

Alliterations need to all start with the same letter.

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.

A description that appeals to one's five senses

A contrast between what appears to be real and what is actually real.

Which one of these examples is ironic?

Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.

Is a connotation positive or negative?

Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

To save money by spending it is a paradox.

onomatopoeia is a word or phrase that sounds like how it's spelled.

An allusion is something that is not real.

Foreshadowing would be used in a game of "murder mystery" or "who's the killer?"

An example of a hyperbole is "I've seen this 1000 times."

Connotation is the literal meaning of the statement.

A cliche can only be an idea.

An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of characters, reader, or audience

Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story

Anything that stands for or represents something else

Onomatopoeia is used to describe many loud noises at once.

Mood is

Irony is the literal meaning of a phrase or word.

When a narrator gives the feeling that something bad will happen, it is:

Where and when a story takes place

The dictionary definition of a word is

An author's word choice

A comparison between two things using like or as

An oxymoron is meant to be:

Bonus question: what does the word discombobulated mean?