Definitions
Examples
Using context clues
Examples pt 2
Random
100

A sign, shape, or object that is used to represent something else.

Symbol

100

She was as sweet as candy.

Simile

100

Psychic

Foreshadow

100

BANG!

Onomatopoeia

100

The balloon in the movie "It" keeps showing up throughout the movie.

Motif

200

To use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.

Imagery

200

I'm so thirsty, I could drink the ocean.

hyperbole

200

♡♢♤♧♧♢♥♤

Symbols

200

So like, what happened was like.. she like... idk like i can't speak. Like omg!

Repetition

200

What word did I make you spell for WINNER WINNER NO BELL RINGER

Onomatopoeia

300

The reality is opposite of what we expect

Irony

300

She had a heart of gold

Metaphor
300

Telling a story on what happened yesterday.

Flashback

300

"Do you want to see a flying hydroflask?"

Rhetorical question

300

The bloody corpse emerged from the muddy, modled grave.

Imagery

400

When things may represent other things. Not just the thing itself, but something beyond the literal meaning. 

Symbolism

400

Living Dead

Oxymoron

400

This song has ME feeling some type of way.

Mood

400

The chair screamed when he sat down.

personification

400

Yin Yang sign

Symbol

500

A situation in which the audience has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do.

Dramatic Irony

500
A rose represents love and being romantic.

Symbolism 

500

_______ has two "L"s. This helps remember that the beginning or the words in a phrase start with the same letter.

Alliteration

500

The relationship isn't going any where. It's going to end up like the Titanic.

Allusion

500

What the author wants you to feel.

Tone

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