Figurative Language Vocabulary
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
She is as sweet as sugar.
What is a simile?
Repeated use of sounds, words or ideas for effect and emphasis
What is repetition?
A claim that a listener should accept an argument because of how many other people have already accepted it. (The baby dancing commercial)
What is bandwagon appeal?
To show differences in one or more things
What is contrast?
Comparing two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
The class was a zoo for the substitute!
What is a metaphor?
A writer's word choice.
What is diction?
This type of fallacy uses the audiences' sympathy, concern, or guilt in order to overwhelm their sense of logic
What is appeal to pity?
a preference for something or someone that prevents fair decision-making
What is a bias?
An extreme exaggeration used in writing.
What is a hyperbole?
The trees danced as the wind blew past them.
What is personification?
The repetition of initial consonants.
What is alliteration?
This fallacy makes people feel as if their safety, security, or health is in danger.
What is appeal to fear?
A writer's position on a problem or issue
What is a claim?
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feeling, thoughts, or attitudes.
What is personification?
The fish Grayson caught was bigger than a house!
What is a hyperbole?
A regularly repeated line or group of lines in a poem or song.
What is refrain?
an opposing viewpoint or objection
What is a counterargument?
correct reasoning; a system of reasoning
What is logic?
A figure of speech that combines opposite of contrasting terms.
What is an oxymoron?
Haley and Jeff have a love hate relationship. They love to hate each other!
What is an oxymoron?
visual features such as capital letters, line length, and word position that influence a poem's meaning
What is graphic elements?
A method of persuasion that is based on the author's credibility or morals
What is ethical appeal (ethos)?
a mistaken belief, especially one based on an UNSOUND argument
What is a fallacy?