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Types/Definitions
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This type of figurative language is a phrase whose meaning is different than the dictionary definitions of the words. It is commonly understood for its true meaning. 
What is an idiom?
100

"...we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..."    Winston Churchill

What is repetition? 
100

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?


from Langston Hughes' "Harlem"

What is a simile?
100
The class could tell she was mad. Boom! She slammed her books onto her desk. 
What is onomatopoeia? 
100
William Wordsworth called this the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." 
What is poetry? 
200
This type of figurative language makes a reference to a well-known piece of literature, movie, etc. 
What is an allusion?
200
The crack of the tree branch against the window made it impossible for Matt to sleep. 
What is onomatopoeia? 
200

"It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.”


from "How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped" 

What is personification? 
200
Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech is an example of a ___________. 
What is a soliloquy? 
200
In a drama, an actor speaking to himself or herself about his or her own thoughts and feelings. 
What is a soliloquy? 
300

The practice or art of using an object or a word to represent something else or an abstract idea. 

What is symbolism? 
300
Ms. Cole did not want to talk to lunch; it was raining cats and dogs! 
What is an idiom?
300
It really was a David and Goliath story; no one thought Little Johnny would win the boxing match!
What is an allusion?
300
The water washed over the waving wheat fields. 
What is alliteration? 
300

"We sing songs of salvation to save the soul." 


 from 'O Brother, Where Art Thou? 

What is alliteration?
400
When a word, line, stanza, or group of words is repeated to add emphasis or clarity. 
What is repetition? 
400

The white dove sailing above the battlefield comforted the soldiers. 

What is symbolism? 
400
I've told you a million times to keep up with your things! 
What is hyperbole? 
400
The wind was howling like wolves in the night. 
What is a simile? 
400
One line of a poem or a group of related lines. 
What is a verse?
500
A type of poem that consists of 14 lines and one of two specific rhyme schemes. 
What is a sonnet?
500

He was acting like a complete Romeo with the girls at the lunch table. 

(The answer is NOT simile!) 

What is allusion?
500
Her heart was stone after their relationship fell apart. 
What is a metaphor? 
500
In "The Lottery," the box was a ________ for the actual lottery. 
What is a symbol? 
500

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." 

What is a metaphor? 
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