Figurative Language Definitions
This is writing that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, found in words that are close to each other.
What is alliteration?
This is the use of words to express something other than, often opposite of the literal meaning.
What is irony?
"Why are you annoying your brother?" is an example of _______.
What is rhetorical question?
"The cabin was not visible, but was present, a sore at my side" is an example of ______.
What is alliteration?
These are words that imitate a natural sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is an exaggerated statement--not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
This is a device that balances two or more clauses against each other by reversal of their structures.
What is chiasmus?
"...it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." is an example of ______.
What is antithesis?
"I nearly died laughing" is an example of _____.
What is a hyperbole?
This is when a non-human object is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
This is a comparison between two unlike objects, using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This is when you omit conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinating words or clauses.
What is asyndeton?
The oval office referring to the president of the United States is an example of this rhetorical term.
What is metonymy?
What is alliteration and metaphor?
This is a brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
What is an allusion?
A word or phrase for one object that is used to refer to another object in order to suggest they are similar.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech where the use of one word is applied to two other words forming two pairs--one pair expresses a literal meaning, and the other pair expresses a figurative meaning.
What is zeugma?
When one refers to a worker as a "hired hand," this is an example of ______.
What is synecdoche?
"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail" is an example of the following three terms: _____, _____, and _____.
What is simile, alliteration, and idiom?
This is an expression that has a meaning other than the literal meaning of the individual words.
What is an idiom?
This is the presentation a thing with underemphasis, especially to achieve a greater effect.
What is meiosis?
This is a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one item for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated.
What is metonymy?
"He took his coat and his vaction" is an example of this rhetorical term.
What is zeugma?
"And, round about his home, the glory That blushed and bloomed" is an example of both _____ and _____.
What is personification and alliteration?