Figurative Terms
giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
cute as a kitten
What is a simile?
using the exact same words in close succession
What is repetition?
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia...I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi...." (King)
The itlaicized words are an expample of ________.
What is repetition?
repetition of the first sounds in words near each other in text: Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers.
What is alliteration?
a figure of speech that employs "like," "as," or "than" to compare two things
What is a simile?
"golden daffodils...dancing in the breeze" (William Wordsworth, "Daffodils")
What is personification?
repeated grammatical structure
What is parallelism?
"their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. "We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back." (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream."
What is parallelism?
a term for words that describe something with sensory details;e.g. The twisted gray twig scratched across the concrete driveway when the wind blew.
What is imagery?
a figure of speech directly comparing two things; one thing is spoken of as if it is another.
What is a metaphor?
The sparkling sapphires on her radiant face mesmerized the young man walking toward her.
What is a metaphor?
emotional, dramatic words
What is charged language?
"lonely island of poverty" (King)
What is charged language?
two-word term for words that describe how something looks, smells, sounds, tastes, or feels like to the touch; e.g. The concession stand lured movie-goers with the buttery aroma of the soft, yellow puffy snack that tasted salty on the tongue just before they bit into the crunchy kernels.
What are sensory details?
Figurative language contributes to the _________, or emotional feel of the text.
What is mood?
King used some intense weather metaphors to contribute to a ________ of discomfort.
What is mood?
comparing two seemingly unlike things to make a point
What is an analogy?
Raising children is like tending a garden. Both need care and attention.
What is an analogy?
a term referring to putting two opposites together; e.g. jumbo shrimp; "sweet sorrow" (Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)
What is an oxymoron?
unexplained reference to something well-known
What is an allusion?
King uses many __________ to history and the bible.
What are allusions?
strategies to help someone engaging in the art of speaking or writing
What are rhetorical devices?
the art of speaking or writing effectively or persuasively
What is rhetoric?
the term for intentional extreme exaggeration; e.g. I have a ton of homework; I have a million things to do. Mom's cake is the best in the world.
What is a hyperbole?