Figurative Language
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A single line of poetry.
What is verse?
A word's literal dictionary definition.
What is denotation?
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What is self?
This genre type is often seen in newspapers, textbooks, and brochures.
What is informational text?
The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes
What is onomatopoeia?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The feeling or idea a word invokes in addition to its literal definition
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What is across?
A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
What is drama?
A description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
What is imagery?
A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines.
What is a refrain?
Semi
What is half?
Genre type in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and persuasion.
What is argumentative text?
An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant
What is a euphemism?
Poetry that does not have a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
A word opposite in meaning to another.
What is an antonym?
Mis
What is wrong or bad?
Genre type that expresses ideas, feelings, or tells a story in a specific form.
What is poetry?
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
What is an idiom?
A form of Japanese poetry that has 3 lines and seventeen syllables
What is a haiku?
Words that have the same spelling or pronunciation but differ in meaning.
What is a homonym?
Ward
What is direction?
A traditional genre, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
What is myth or folktale?