Figurative Language
What is a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”?
What is a simile?
What term describes giving human qualities to non-human things?
What is personification?
What figurative language compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”?
What is a metaphor?
What is the term for using language that signifies the opposite of its meaning, often for humor or emphasis?
What is irony?
What is an extreme exaggeration that cannot possibly be true?
What is hyperbole?
What is a phrase that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning, such as “steal someone’s thunder”?
What is an idiom?
What literary device refers to a well-known person, place, or event?
What is allusion?
What is the main message or moral of a story called?
What term describes the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in multiple words?
What is alliteration?
What do we call the sequence of events that make up a story?
What is plot?