Figurative Language Terms
Compares two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
In the USA, the American eagle represents freedom and pride for our country.
What is symbol?
Fix the sentence:
My family lives in Dallas Texas.
What is "My family lives in Dallas, Texas."?
This describes the time and place in which a text takes place.
What is setting?
A comparison of two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
This inserts a scene from the past.
What is a flashback?
That dog is pretty ugly.
What is oxymoron?
Fix the sentence:
We purchased apples oranges bananas and grapes at the grocery store.
What is "We purchased apples, oranges, bananas, and grapes at the grocery store."?
This describes the character's speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks.
What is characterization?
This gives human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
What is personification?
This is when the word makes the sound it describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. repeats, "I have a dream..." throughout his speech.
What is anaphora?
Fix this sentence:
Sarah ran the marathon and she won the gold medal.
What is "Sarah ran the marathon, and she won the gold medal."?
This is the perspective of the characters, author, etc.
What is point-of-view?
This is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This is the repetition of beginning sounds.
What is alliteration?
It's raining cats and dogs!
What is idiom?
Fix this sentence:
My brother stayed up all night for he has a test this afternoon.
What is "My brother stayed up all night, for he has a test this afternoon."?
This is the overall message in a text.
What is theme?
A reference to history, literature, art, politics or religion
What is an allusion?
A statement that might at first appear to be contradictory, but that may in fact contain some truth
What is a paradox?
The fire station burned down.
What is irony?
Fix this sentence:
Although I like shell fish I don't eat fish and I don't eat pork.
What is "Although I like shellfish, I don't eat fish, and I don't eat pork."?
This is the author's/speaker's attitude toward the writing/subject.
What is tone?
A polite or indirect expression that is used to de-emphasize an unpleasant topic.
What is euphemism?