Connotations
Examples of Figurative Language
Definitions of Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Context Clues
100
Childlike, Immature, Youthful, Childish, Young
What is childish/immature?
100
The paper crumpled as I balled it up and swooshed through the air before it hit Jalen in the face.
What is an onomatopoeia?
100
Formations of words resembling in sound that of the things denoted by them
What is an onomatopoeia
100
When the audience knows something that the characters don't.
What is dramatic irony?
100
The Sahara has a very ARID climate.
Definition: dry. CC=Sahara desert
200
Confident, Secure, Proud, Egotistical, Cocky
What is egotistical/cocky?
200
I get caught up in the river of students between class changes and can’t get to the bathroom.
What is a metaphor?
200
Giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
200
A reference to something famous from history or literature.
What is an allusion?
200
An EDIFICE, such as the Empire State Building, can take years to build.
Definition: large building? CC=Empire State building
300
Relaxed, Lazy, Laid-back, Lackadaisical, Easy-going
What is lackadaisical/lazy?
300
This final is the hardest test I’ve ever taken.
What is a hyperbole?
300
A comparison between two things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
300
When the writer gives a hint of what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The boys sat on the verandah in rocking chairs, chatting and sipping sweet tea while enjoying the breeze.
Definition: porch? CC=rocking chairs; enjoying the breeze
400
Stingy, Frugal, Miserly, Economical, Conservative
What is miserly/stingy?
400
Ms. McKinnon’s closed door told me to go get a tardy.
What is personification?
400
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
400
civil war; same difference; living dead; found missing
What is an oxymoron?
400
People constantly tell me "life's not fair." It's such an annoying CLICHE.
Definition: overused expression. CC=life's not fair; annoying
500
Inquisitive, Intrusive, Interested, Curious, Nosy
What is nosy/intrusive?
500
The storm was like Ms. Talley’s anger; it came without warning, lasted only a brief time, and ended as quickly as it started.
What is a simile?
500
An implied comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
500
An apparent contradiction, which is nevertheless somehow true; something that is self-contradictory
What is a paradox?
500
The dark clouds were a CAVEAT of the coming storm.
Definition: warning CC: dark clouds; coming storm
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