Definitions
Examples
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Definitions
Examples
100
repeating the beginning sound
What is alliteration?
100
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
100
an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
100
Paints a picture using the senses
What is imagery?
100
The fireworks popped, crackled, and boomed!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
comparision using like or as
What is smilie?
200
My bag weighs a ton!
What is hyperbole?
200
giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
What is personification?
200
comparision by stating something is (does not use like or as)
What is metaphor?
200
The gentle breeze rustled through the tree causing the branches to slowly sway and drift the smell of spring through the air.
What is imagery?
300
sound words
What is onomatopeia?
300
The computer hates me!
What is personification?
300
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed adn restless.
What is assonance?
300
something that represents an abstract concept
What is symbol?
300
Your eyes are a window to my soul.
What is metaphor?
400
phrases understood through common use but do not make literal sense
What is idiom?
400
He's as sly as a fox.
What is smilie?
400
The little boy wore a star of David on his clothes so others would know his religious beliefs.
What is symbol?
400
a phrase that contradicts itself
What is oxymoron?
400
He went out on a limb for me.
What is idiom?
500
repeated vowel sound
What is assonance?
500
Jumbo Shrimp
What is oxymoron?
500
In general, any language that is not conveying a literal message.
What is figurative language?
500
a statement that seems to go against itself. It appears untrue but is true.
What is paradox?
500
There is an exception to every rule, so this rule must have at least one exception.
What is paradox?
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