Figurative Language 1
Sound Devices
Figurative Language 2
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100

A direct comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

Metaphor

100

A word that originates from sound

Onomatopoeia

100

A comparison of two or more things using "like" or "as"

Simile

100

What does the first "T" stand for?

Title

100

Lauren is as quiet as a mouse. 

This is an example of what figurative language term?

Simile

200

A combination of two words that contradict each other

Oxymoron

200

“Hatred was spreading everywhere, blood was being spilled everywhere, wars were breaking out everywhere.” 

This is an example of what sound device?

Repetition

200

The act of giving human traits, qualities, or actions to objects, concepts, or animals

Personification

200

"A" stands for attitude. What element are you analyzing in the "A" section?

Tone

200

Authors can use the term "sensory language" for what element?

Imagery

300

Saying the opposite of what is meant

Verbal Irony

300

"On the fifteenth of May, in the jungle of Nool,
In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool,
He was splashing... enjoying the jungle's great joys...
When Horton the elephant heard a small noise." 

This is an example of what sound device?

End Rhyme

300

Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not know

Dramatic Irony

300

Why is "title" examined twice?

The first time you are making a prediction.

The second time you are adding more insight/interpretation. 

300

"'Tis the last rose of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;"

This is an example of what sound device? 

Eye Rhyme

400

Where actions or events have the opposite result from what is expected

Situational Irony

400

To describe something in an extremely exaggerated way

Hyperbole

400

Evokes certain feelings in the reader through words and descriptions

Mood

400

What is it called when a poem shows a significant change in diction, direction, meaning, etc.?

Shifts

400

When asked about the controlling idea, what element are you being asked about?

Theme

500

A statement or group of sentences that seem to contradict the itself, but is actually an implied truth. 

Paradox

500

The repetition of the first letter or sound of each word in a sentence or phrase

Alliteration

500

An expression that means something different than the words in the phrase may indicate

Idiom

500

The letter "C" refers to all of the poetic and sound devices used in a poem. What does "C" stand for?

Connotation

500

The repetition of vowel sounds without repeating consonants

Assonance

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