Figurative Lang 1
What is a comparison between two things, using like or as?
Simile
What is a comparison between two things, NOT using like or as.
Metaphor
A group of lines in a row.
Line
The reader's attitude toward the subject
Mood
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite evidence from the text
Explain how you evidence relates to your answer
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
When you give human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Personification
A grouping of lines in a poem.
Stanza
The author's attitude toward the subject
Tone
The lesson/ central message of a story.
Theme
Using the different meanings of a word to say something else - Also known as dad jokes
Daily Double! Double your points if you can provide an example.
Pun
Onomatopoeia
The rhythm of the poem
Meter
The dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
Sarcasm
Verbal irony
Two opposing terms used as one
Oxymoron
Consonant sounds repeated at the beginning of multiple words
Alliteration
Internal vowel sounds repeated in the middle of words.
Assonance
The figurative/emotional meanings attached to a word.
Connotation
When something happens that nobody expects
A reference to something/someone well known outside of the text.
Allusion
What 5 senses does imagery appeal to?
Sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste
Consonant sounds repeated at the end of the words - Give the illusion of rhyme
Consonance
Provide an example of a word's denotation and connotation
May vary
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony