Figurative Language
Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What is Imagery?
The earth was a slow-moving car.
What is Metaphor?
How dry I am, how wet I’ll be,/
If I don’t find the bathroom key./
I found the key, but it’s too late./
I just missed my bathroom date/
What is AABB?
A word that imitates the sound it represents
What is Onomatopoeia?
"The highway won’t hold you tonight
The highway don’t know you’re alive
The highway don’t care if you’re all alone
But I do, I do.
The highway won’t dry your tears
The highway don’t need you here
The highway don’t care if you’re coming home
But I do, I do."
-Tim McGraw/Taylor Swift “Highway Don’t Care
What is Personification?
Also Accepted: What is Anaphora?
(Double Points for Both)
Extreme exaggeration
What is Hyperbole?
Listening to Justin Bieber sing is like hearing a voice from heaven.
What is Simile?
Bee, be/
B,/
I’d rather climb a tree/
than learn to spell,/
the same old word,/
not just one way,/
but three/
What is AAABCDA?
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
"Ooh I can't ever change without you, you reflect me, I love that about you
And if I could, I would look at us all the time"
-Justin Timberlake "Mirrors"
What is Hyperbole?
Also Accepted: What is Metaphor?
(+100 Points for Both)
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth
What is Paradox?
Walking Dead
What is Oxymoron?
I found a book of poems/
Beneath the break domes./
I brought the book to school./
And every time I looked at it./
I giggled like a fool./
What is AABCB?
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
What is Consonance?
"I'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever
I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
I can make it anywhere,
yeah, they love me everywhere"
-Jay Z "The Empire State of Mind"
What is Allusion?
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
What is Allusion?
We just got bamboozled!!
What is Colloquialism?
Have you ever heard the story of Mrs. J. J. Brown.../
How she became a legend?/
When the ship was going down?/
What is ABA?
the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry
What is Prosody?
"'Cause if you like the way you look that much
Oh baby you should go and love yourself
And if you think that I'm still holdin' on to somethin'
You should go and love yourself"
-Justin Bieber "Love Yourself"
What is Euphemism?
A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned
What is Anachronism?
The earth moved under my feet.
What is Personification?
He hasn’t even learned to crawl./
He’s only been around a week,/
And all he seems to do is bawl/
My baby brother;/
He is so small,/
and giggle,/
sleep…and leak./
What is ABACADB?
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is Rhythm?
"Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you"
-The Police "Every Breath You Take"
What is Anaphora?