Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect.
What is Figurative Language
100
He is as quick as a cheetah.
What is a simile.
100
The class was being attacked.
What is passive voice.
100
When you say something, but mean the opposite of what you have said.
What is irony.
100
A set of three dots that indicates the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
What is an ellipsis.
200
Figurative Language that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a simile
200
It's raining cats and dogs!
What is an idiom.
200
She ran faster than the other competitors.
What is active voice.
200
A play on words
What is a pun.
200
Types of media such as: print, television, website, movie, music, etc.
What is medium.
300
Figurative language that implies that two things being compared are the same thing, even though they are not.
What is a metaphor.
300
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole.
300
I love chocolate, NOS, coconut, purple, lotion, kangaroos, Chris Hemsworth, Luda, Coke (-acola), and hoodies.
What is active voice.
300
A claim made to rebut a previous claim.
What is a counterclaim.
300
The author’s perspective or attitude about a specific character, place, or development.
What is tone.
400
Figurative language that gives human traits to a non-human thing.
What is personification.
400
You punks bicker and pout, bicker and babble; now they all lost for words like I beat 'em in scrabble.
What is an alliteration or a simile.
400
The entire stretch of the highway was paved.
What is passive voice.
400
Implies such verbal plainness and distinctness that there is no need for inference and no room for difficulty in understanding.
What is explicit.
400
A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened.
What is allusion.
500
Figurative language that just means what it means, even though it doesn't make sense.
What is an idiom.
500
Catch me in Vegas spinnin' the green,
I re-up with more chips than a vending machine.
What is a pun or a hyperbole.
500
A scathing review was written.
What is passive voice.
500
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference.
500
Tells the true story of something that happened to YOU.