The Giver: Figurative Language Review
Across
- 1. An extreme exaggeration. Ex: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
- 3. A reference to a commonly known piece of art or literature that readers would recognize. Ex: The girl left prom with only one shoe, just like Cinderella.
- 6. It means to start a story or piece of writing in the middle of things.
- 8. A comparison of two unlike objects without the words "like" or "as."
- 9. The perspective from which a story is told. There are different kinds like first person and third person.
- 11. A repeated symbol or image that shows up repeeatedly during a story.
- 13. A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as."
- 14. Emotion that the writer makes the reader feel while reading.
- 18. Words that sound like their sound. Ex: BOOM! ZING!
- 19. An object that represents a bigger idea. Ex: The color red can mean anger, love, or hate.
- 20. A series of words in a row that have the same starting sound. Ex: Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper.
- 21. A short story within a story.
Down
- 2. The beginning of the story where setting, characters, and conflict are introduced.
- 4. Descriptive writing that appeals to a reader's senses.
- 5. Two words put together that are opposites but somehow make sense. Ex: jumbo shrimp
- 7. A kinder or more polite way of saying something. Ex: saying someone was "let go" instead of "fired."
- 10. When the story goes back to a earlier time period to tell something that happened in the past.
- 12. Sayings that don't mean exactly what they are saying. Ex: I am feeling under the weather.
- 15. The type of irony where the audience knows something that the characters don't know.
- 16. Giving human-like traits to inanimate objects.
- 17. An implied meaning or association with a certain word. Ex: The word "stare" has a negative connotation, while "gaze" has a positive connotation.