Figurative Language
Used to compare two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is Simile
A punctuation mark that signals the end of a complete sentence or thought
What is Period?
The intentional reuse of sounds, words, phrases, or entire sentences within a piece of writing to create a specific effect, such as emphasis, rhythm, or memorability
What is Repetition?
What is Noun?
The author's attitude or perspective towards the subject matter of a text, expressed through their word choices, sentence structure, and overall writing style.
What is Tone?
A figure of speech that directly compares two unrelated things by stating that one is the other
What is Metaphor?
A punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.
What is Comma?
"You don’t have to be William Shakespeare to write poetry" is this kind of figurative language.
What is Allusion?
An action
What is Verb?
A conclusion reached by combining what is directly stated in a text with a reader's existing knowledge and experiences
What is Inference?
What is onomatapoeia?
A punctuation mark used to connect closely two related independent clauses in a single sentence when discussing the same topic or contrasting two similar ideas
What is Semicolon?
The three kinds of rhetorical appeals
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
Replaces a noun
What is Pronoun?
"It's raining cats and dogs" is this kind of figurative language.
What is Idiom?
Figurative language that involves giving human qualities, emotions, or behaviors to non-human things, animals, or abstract ideas
What is Personification?
A group of words that functions as an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun, and begins with a participle, which is a verb form acting as an adjective
What is Participial Phrase?
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty" uses this kind of rhetorical device.
What is Parallelism
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, often providing information about the qualities or characteristics of someone or something.
What is Adjective?
The implied or associative meanings and emotional impact of a word beyond its literal definition, or denotation
What is Connotation?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is Alliteration?
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase
What is Prepositional Phrase?
Two contrasting or opposing ideas, usually within parallel grammatical structures.
What is antithesis?
A word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or even a whole sentence. Provides additional context, such as how, when, where, to what extent, or how often something happens.
What is Adverb?
A sentence structure where the subject of the sentence is the one performing the action, rather than being acted upon
What is Active Voice?