Figurative Language
Literary Terms
100
Her eyes are wide, deep black onyx
What is a metaphor?
100
Evokes a meaningful visual experience for the reader through the 5 senses
What is imagery?
200
It took her 25 light years to complete her work.
What is a hyperbole?
200
a way of indicating or hinting at what will come later.
What is forshadowing?
300
Her smile was as wide as the Grand Canyon.
What is a simile?
300
The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc
What is satire?
400
The wind howled its mighty objection
What is personification?
500
Ah Sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun; Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveler’s journey is done;”
What is symbolism/
500
In literature and dramatic media, an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time
What is flashback?
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