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Figurative Language Type 1
Defintions
Figurative Language Type 2
Literary Devices
Figurative Language Type 3
100
He is a night owl.
What is a metaphor.
100
It is like a tongue twister.
What is alliteration?
100
The leaves landed gracefully after skydiving off the tree.
What is personification?
100
She sells seashells at the seashore.
What is alliteration?
100
The original copies arrived in the mail.
What is oxymoron?
200
I was melting on the very hot day.
What is hyperbole?
200
It is a reference to a well-known person, place or event in literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, or popular culture.
What is an allusion?
200
The rock slid down the mountain as it it were at the park having fun.
What is personification?
200
Remember back when you broke your leg two years ago. It all started when you ran out in the street....
What is flashback?
200
I would kill to have a Twinkie right now!
What is hyperbole?
300
There was a loud splash when she jumped into the pool.
What is onomatopoeia? Which word was it?
300
The three types of irony.
What are verbal, situational, and dramatic?
300
As thin as a toothpick is an example of these two types.
What are hyperbole and simile.
300
"She doesn't want nothing."
What is dialect?
300
Sandra watched as her cat hissed at the dog and chased the canine around the park.
What is situational irony? Why is it ironic?
400
Less is more.
What is an oxymoron? What does it mean?
400
The difference between a metaphor and simile.
What is a metaphor is a direct comparison and the simile uses a signal word?
400
You are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.
What is an allusion? What does it allude to?
400
Sue saw the sky was really gray as she walked to the park for the picnic.
What is foreshadowing? What does it predict?
400
That's not my cup of tea.
What is an idiom? What does it mean?
500
Kill two birds with one stone.
What is an idiom? What does it mean?
500
it is an expression used in a particular language that means something different from its literal meaning.
What is an idiom? Give an example.
500
She had a heart of gold.
What is an idiom (or metaphor)? What does it mean?
500
It is why an author uses foreshadowing.
What is to build suspense and/or interest?
500
The earth is like an apple.
What is a simile? How could you make it an analogy?