Language Terms Def
What is a simile?
A. Comparing two things without using like or as
B. Comparing two things using like or as
C. A word or phrase that does not literally mean what it says; it has some other meaning.
B. Comparing two things using like or as
What is this an example of?
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.
A. Sarcasm
B. Verbal Irony
C. Pun
C. Pun
What is a Parody
A. Two unlike things being compared with two other unlike things
B. A humorous or exaggerated imitation of something
C. Giving humanlike qualities to
non-human objects or animals
B. A humorous or exaggerated imitation of something
What is this an example of
I huffed and puffed about my curfew and broke the rules.
A. Consonance
B.Sybol
C. Ode
A. Consonance
What is an alliteration
A. Using the same consonant sound to start two or more nearby words in a sentence
B. A word or phrase that has a usually comical second meaning … you might even roll your eyes at it
C. Using a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent
A. Using the same consonant sound to start two or more nearby words in a sentence
He came home and the barbed wire fence was found missing.
A. Irony
B. Oxymoron
C. Parody
B. Oxymoron
What is an Allusion?
A.Two unlike things being compared with two other unlike things
B.Using the same vowel sound in two or more nearby words in a sentence
C.Making a reference to a part of another work of literature or historical story
C.Making a reference to a part of another work of literature or historical story
What is this an example of?
We don't have a 500 for this category.
A. Tired people who made this
B. All of the Above
A. Tired people who made this
*Very Hard* What is a Double Entendre?
A. Using a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent
B. Poetry that shares strong feelings about something, exaggerates the good parts, packed with meaning
C.A humorous or exaggerated imitation of something
A. Using a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent