Definitions
Examples
Definitions - Part 2
Examples - Part 2
New Terms - What do you already know?
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A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
Your smile is as bright as the summer sun.
What is an example of a simile?
100
A comparison between two things that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
100
Life is a highway.
What is an example of a metaphor?
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Giving human qualities to non-human objects.
What is personification?
200
A description that appeals to any of the senses - hearing, seeing, smelling, etc.
What is imagery?
200
It is raining cats and dogs!
What is an example of an idiom?
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A point-by-point comparison.
What is an analogy?
200
A picture of a heart represents the feelings of love.
What is an example of symbolism?
200
Words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopeia?
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When an unfamiliar concept is explained using things that are familiar.
What is an analogy?
300
The car's motor is like the human's heart.
What is an example of an analogy?
300
Using two very opposite images or ideas within writing.
What is juxtaposition?
300
The sour stink of the dumpster invaded my nose.
What is an example of imagery?
300
The tree stood tall against the wind.
What is an example of personfication?
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Using an object to represent a certain feeling or idea.
What is symbolism?
400
You don't understand person until you walk around in their skin.
What is an example of an idiom?
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An expression that has meaning much different than the meaning of its individual words.
What is an idiom?
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The crashing and clinging of falling weights could be heared outside the weight room.
What is an example of imagery?
400
Crash, bang, honk, etc.
What is an example of onomatopeia?
500
A comparison that is more implied - readers have to infer more.
What is a metaphor?
500
Harper Lee used Atticus' statement about mockingbirds to represent Tom Robinson and Boo Radley.
What is an example of symbolism?
500
A comparison that is directly stated.
What is a simile?
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Poe contrasted the fairy tale scene of a kingdom with the gruesome images of death in "Annabel Lee."
What is an example of juxtaposition?
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A sentence where the initial sound is the same for majority of the words. Ex: Sally sells seashells down the seashore.
What is alliteration?
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