| A | B |
|---|
| allusion | reference to a well-known place or idea |
| What a Betty Crocker! | allusion |
| analogy | comparison between two things; umbrella |
| simile | compares using like or as |
| You're as cute as a button! | simile |
| metaphor | comparing using is or was |
| The grass is a green carpet | metaphor |
| personification | giving life to objects |
| The sun kissed Despereaux | personification |
| alliteration | repetition of sounds |
| She sells sea shells by the seashore | alliteration |
| assonance | repetition of vowels |
| The fat cat sat on a mat | assonance |
| consonance | repetition of consonants |
| Big bad Billy had a bellyache | consonance |
| dialect | way a region speaks |
| saying ya'll, uff da or like | dialects |
| formal language | used when speaking to an adult or in letters |
| informal language | used with your peers |
| foreshadowing | when the author gives you a hint to the future |
| point of view | how the author tells the story through someone's eyes |
| first person point of view | a narrator; we can hear one person's thoughts |
| third person | you can hear more than one character's thoughts |
| protagonist | good guy we feel for in the story |
| antagonist | villain- against the protagonist |
| theme | lesson or reason why the author wrote the story |
| climax | highest point in the story, usually at the end |
| onomatopoeia | words which sound as they're spelled |
| pop, boom, bang, buzz | onomatopoeia |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration |
| The whole school is sick! | hyperbole |
| idiom | words, which when separate make sense, but together have a whole new meaning |
| Cat got your tongue? | idiom |
| figurative language | makes the language more colorful |
| literal language | it is what is says it is-boring |
| She sang to the heavens | figurative language |
| I eat pizza | literal language |
| second person point of view | when the narrator speaks to you in the story |
| 3rd person omnicient | when you can hear everyone's thoughts in the story |
| denotation | the dictionary meaning of a word |
| connotation | the emotional meaning behind a word |
| That is a garbage truck | denotation |
| You're garbage. | connotation |
| mood | the emotion or atmosphere in a story |
| scene | a part of a play;how it's divided up |
| act | a part/division of a scene in a play |
| verse | a line in a song, play, or poem |
| stanza | a series of verses in a song or poem |
| blank verse | Shakespeare invented this; the lines don't rhyme |
| slang | informal words not used in standard language |
| what's up? babe, dude, homie | slang |
| cliché- | overused phrase |
| like, huh, so | cliché |
| jargon | language used in a specific group |
| teachers, athletes, pilots use this | jargon |
