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Figurative Language Examples
100
Two or more words with the same beginning consonant sound
What is alliteration?
100
comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is simile
100
an exaggeration to make a point
What is hyperbole
100
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And I sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down as far as I could"
What is end rhyme?
100
"I move fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti."
What is simile?
200
Two or more words have the same end sound
What is rhyme?
200
comparing two unlike things
What is metaphor
200
rhyme that occurs at the end of the line
What is end rhyme?
200
"lose yourself in the music, the moment..."
What is alliteration?
200
"You are an ant, while I'm the lion."
What is metaphor?
300
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that creates a beat
What is rhythm?
300
giving non-human element human qualities
What is personification
300
Rhyme that occurs at in the middle of the line?
What is internal rhyme?
300
"Stop tossing the glasses, said the boss."
What is consonance?
300
"I fought a million rappers in an afternoon in June."
What is hyperbole?
400
repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in the word
What is consonance?
400
something that has greater meaning; represents something else
What is symbolism?
400
repeated line or lines of a poem; similar to the chorus of a song
What is refrain?
400
"Pop, goes the weasel!"
What is onomatopoeia?
400
"Alright, the sky misses the sun at night."
What is personification?
500
repetition of vowel sounds anywhere in the word
What is assonance
500
a reference to another work of literature, history, or myth
What is allusion?
500
a word that imitates the sound it represents
What is onomatopoeia?
500
"You only have one shot, Do not miss your chance..."
What is internal rhyme/assonance?
500
"Did you hear about the rose that grew from concrete, Proving nature's law was wrong...Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one even cared."
What is symbolism?
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