Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a Simile?
The figurative language technique used in "Our team is tough as nails."
What is simile?
What is Onomatopoeia?
All of the devices we're currently studying are called this.
What is figurative language?
Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The figurative language technique used in He's as strong as an ox.
What is simile?
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."
What is alliteration?
Instances when words are used in illogical ways to create an image or deeper understanding.
What is figurative?
Over exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
What is Hyperbole?
The figurative language technique used in "his heart is stone."
What is metaphor?
The audience booed the terrible musician.
What is Onomatopoeia?
An example of this type of language is "the temperature today is 72 degrees."
What is literal?
Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
What is personification?
The figurative language technique used in "She ran like a bullet from the bee."
What is simile?
"So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,"
What is alliteration?
Instances when words function exactly as defined.
What are literal?
Contradicting terms working together to make an idea.
What is an oxymoron?
The figurative language technique used in "Her eyes were a fire burning like the sun.
What is simile and metaphor?
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes"
What is alliteration?
An example of this type of language is "I've got your back"
What is figurative language?