Terms and acronyms
What is connotation?
Indirect or implied meaning.
The snow is a white blanket.
Yes. Metaphor. Compares by saying one is another.
What is the definition for alliteration?
The repeating of the same letter or sound, especially constant sounds, tongue twisters.
What type of figurative Language is this?
Hold your horses.
Idiom
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound made by an object or action.
Onomatopoeia
Define jargon.
Special words or expressions used by a profession.
The waterfall stretched for millions of miles.
Yes. Hyperbole.
What is the definition for Hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration
What is Type of figurative Language is this?
BOOM! POW!
Onomatopoeia
Comparing two unlike things using a connecting word.
Simile
What does the PAIRS acronym stand for?
P - physical traits/description
A - Actions
I - Inner thoughts
R - Reactions
S - Speech / Dialogue
P- Personification
O- Onomatopoeia
Sweet sorrow
Yes. Oxymoron. Two contradicting words.
What is the definition for Onomatopoeia?
a word from a sound associated with what is named
ex: BOOM,CRASH,BANG
What is type of figurative Language is this?
Susan is as gentle as a kitten.
Simile
Comparing two unlike things by saying one is another.
Metaphor
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience or reader knows something the audience doesn't.
I was so hungry that I ate everything in I could find in the refrigerator.
No. You could eat everything in the refrigerator and you need a lie and a truth.
What is the definition for Personification?
Giving human characteristics to things that are not human.
What is Type of figurative Language is this?
He's a bull in a china shop.
Metaphor
Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
Assonance
What do the SOAPST in the soapstone acronym stand for?
S-Subject
O-Occasion
A-Audience
P-Purpose
S-Subject T-Tone
She looks like her mother.
No. Not comparing two different things. Two people are too similar to be considered comparing to a different thing.
What is the definition for Synecdoche?
A part of something is used to refer to the whole.
What is Type of figurative Language is this?
The child resembles a crowing hen.
Simile
A phrase that through common use has taken on a different meaning.
Idiom