DEFINITIONS
AS METAPHORIC AS A SIMILE
SOUND DEVICES
LITERALLY FIGURATIVE
100
Comparison of two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a Simile?
100
The figurative language technique used in "Our team is tough as nails."
What is simile?
100
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
All of the devices we're currently studying are called this.
What is figurative language?
200
Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
200
The figurative language technique used in He's as strong as an ox.
What is simile?
200
"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door."
What is alliteration?
200
Instances when words are used in illogical ways to create an image or deeper understanding.
What is figurative?
300
Over exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect.
What is Hyperbole?
300
The figurative language technique used in "his heart is stone."
What is metaphor?
300
The audience booed the terrible musician.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
An example of this type of language is "the temperature today is 72 degrees."
What is literal?
400
Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
What is personification?
400
The figurative language technique used in "She ran like a bullet from the bee."
What is simile?
400
"So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,"
What is alliteration?
400
Instances when words function exactly as defined.
What are literal?
500
Contradicting terms working together to make an idea.
What is an oxymoron?
500
The figurative language technique used in "Her eyes were a fire burning like the sun.
What is simile and metaphor?
500
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes"
What is alliteration?
500
An example of this type of language is "I've got your back"
What is figurative language?