Descriptive
Comparing two things using like or as...
Simile
Adjectives describe what? Give an example.
Adjectives describe nouns.
Miss Mullen will judge the example.
What makes up sensory imagery? List them (5)
Touch, feel, taste, hear, smell
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named what?
Onomatopoeia
What is the technique called that is commonly known as 'exaggeration'?
Hyperbole
"The lake was a calm mirror" is an example of...
Metaphor
Adverbs describe what? Give an example.
Adverbs describe verbs.
Miss Mullen will judge the example.
Name this language technique: "Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly"
Metaphor
"The tree branches danced in the wind" is an example of...
Personification
"A loud shriek pierced his ears" is an example of...
Personification
What two techniques are used in the lyric "California girls, we're undeniable. Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock"?
Alliteration
Power of three
"I've loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more" is an example of what technique?
Hyperbole
The beginning of a NARRATIVE where the characters and background of the story are introduced
Exposition
The repetition of vowel sounds to create rhyme is known as?
Assonance
The sun shines bright,
It waits quietly for night,
In the same way I wait for you,
Hoping that soon we will be two.
What is the rhyme scheme?
AABB
Language and poetic techniques used to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader, is an example of?
Imagery
Spell this word... (Miss Mullen will say it)
Onomatopoeia
An overused descriptive phrase is called this: eg) Love is like a red, red rose. eg) I am so hungry I could eat a horse. eg) I am feeling blue.
Cliche
"The laughing lady lit up the room like 1000 light bulbs" uses which THREE types of figurative language?
1. Simile 2. Alliteration 3. Hyperbole
Name this form of descriptive language: "She had a smile only rivaled by Mona Lisa.
Miss Mullen can provide a hint.
Allusion