By Definition
The comparison of two items using 'like' or 'as.'
What is Simile?
I've told you a million times to use sunscreen!
What is Hyperbole?
Repetition of the consonant sound anywhere in a series of words, not just the beginning. Ex: Double Trouble Toil and Bubble
What is Consonance?
A word whose sound suggests the meaning of that word.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Fizz! Bang! Sizzle!
What is Onomatopoeia?
To compare two items without using 'like' or 'as.'
What is Metaphor?
"Her hardest hue to hold"
What is Alliteration?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
Repetition of the vowel sound in a series of words. Ex: The cat on the mat ate a rat.
What is Assonance?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
"Parting is such sweet sorrow."
What is Oxymoron?
Extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
Stop trying to save everyone. You are not Wonder Woman!
What is Allusion?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
A figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. Ex: Am I wrong for thinking out the box from where I stay?
Am I wrong for saying that I'll choose another way?
What is Anaphora?
When a physical object stands for something else, this is an example of using _____. Ex: A red rose stand for love.
What is Symbolism?
They called him a Grinch for hating Christmas songs.
What is an Allusion?
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals.
What is personification?
Name the two types of figurative language in this sentence. "The dog barked all night long."
What is Onomatopoeia and Hyperbole?
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to refer to its whole. Ex: All hands on deck!
What is Synecdoche?
A term which features two words that appear to contradict each other but actually make sense of the situation overall.
What is Oxymoron?
How do you organize a space party? You PLANET.
What is a Pun?
This is a play on words. It is often seen as a joke, or it is used to be humorous.
What is a Pun?
The White House declared that we are at war.
What is Metonymy?
A type of figurative language in which an object or concept is referred to not by its own name, but instead by the name of something closely associated with it. Ex: Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight
What is Metonymy?
An expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of its actual, literal words.
What is Idiom?
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
What is Anaphora?