Definitions
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Giving human traits or characteristics to a non-human entity
What is personification?
100
What is an allusion?
An expression that hints or compares to something from literature, history, or society.
100
True or False: using "like" or "as" in a comparison is a metaphor
False!
It is simile
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What is imagery?
Using descriptive language to paint a mental picture that the reader can envision. Creating a sensory experience
100
Example of a hyperbole
*insert your example*
Over-exaggeration...It weighed a million pounds
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A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
200
"It's raining cats and dogs out there!"
What is an example of idiom?
200
True or False: giving an exaggerated statement is a type of allusion
False!
It is hyperbole
200
What is an example of symbolism?
*insert your (hopefully right) example*
Hearts = Love
4-leaf clovers = Luck
Medal = Winner/Winning
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Example of personification
*insert your example here*
The horse judged me as I walked by
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Figurative language that is meant to replace phrases that would otherwise be considered harsh, impolite, or unpleasant
What is euphemism?
300
What is an example of personification?
300
The sun danced joyfully across the sapphire sky, painting a masterpiece of warmth and light for the world below.
What is an example of personification?
300
What is an anaphora?
When the first word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of two or more successive clauses or sentences. (Ex: I wish I may, I wish I might)
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Example of a metaphor
*insert your example*
Time is money, heart of gold, apple of my eye
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
400
"He was a real Romeo with the ladies"
What is an example of allusion?
400
"She was a fragile bird with broken wings, her spirit soaring high above the clouds despite the burden of her past weighing her down."
Is it: Metaphor, Hyperbole, or Personification?
Metaphor
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What is an oxymoron?
When two opposite words are used together
ex: Never say never, Big baby
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Give a euphemism for a curse word
Darn, dang, doggone, drat, gosh, golly, tarnation, jeez, gee whiz, jeepers, Jiminy Cricket, jinkies, crikey, cripes, heck, H-E-double-hockey-sticks, blazes, Sam Hill, dickens...just to name a few!
500
A phrase that uses words different than their literal meaning
Ex: Break a leg! Knock 'em dead!
What is an idiom?
500
"The senior citizen drove like a crazy person"
Besides simile, what other figurative language is used?
What is Euphemism?
500
"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"
Is this an example of: Oxymoron, Puns, or Alliteration?
Alliteration
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What is an example of a pun?
500
Example of an idiom
*insert your example*
Expression that holds a different meaning...feeling under the weather, that was a piece of cake