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Narrative Flashcards--Set #2
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#1
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figurative language |
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It's raining cats and dogs. |
#2
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sight imagery |
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The tomato was red as blood. |
#3
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sound imagery |
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The fire alarm pierced my ears with a shrill shriek. |
#4
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smell imagery |
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The fresh baked cookies filled the air with cinnamon and
sugar. |
#5
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taste imagery |
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The pop-rocks exploded sugar all over my tongue. |
#6
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touch/feeling imagery |
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Sable's fur felt like silk. Her purring soothed my
tears and began to heal the hurt in my heart. |
#7
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simile |
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The holiday lights twinkled like tiny little stars. |
#8
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metaphor |
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His muscles were rocks for opponents to smash themselves against. |
#9
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hyperbole |
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I haven't been to Great America in a thousand years! |
#10
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onomatopoeia |
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The telephone rang out, Brrrrrrriiinggg! My brother stamped and stomped across the floor to answer it. |
#11
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simile |
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a comparison between two different things using "like" or
"as" |
#12
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metaphor |
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a comparison between two different things NOT using "like"
or "as" |
#13
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hyperbole |
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over-exaggeration |
#14
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onomatopoeia |
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using real or made up words that sound like a noise you're
describing |
#15
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dialogue |
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a conversation between two or more people |
#16
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in medias res |
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beginning a story "in the middle" of some action |
#17
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flashback |
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"going back in time" in a story;
briefly telling an event that happened previous to the story being told |
#18
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exploding the moment |
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taking an important moment, usually the climax, in a story
and describing it with so much detail that it feels like it's in slow motion |
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