Terms
Part 1
Part 1
a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor?
Flowers tossed their heads back, laughing in the breeze.
What is personification?
My hair is a vast forest of climbing vines.
What is metaphor?
Don't judge a book by it's cover.
What is "You can't base your opinion on appearances alone."
giving human qualities to an object, animal, or idea
What is personification?
imitating the sounds with the objects or actions they refer to
What is onomatopoeia?
When my mom forgot to pick me up from school, I was seeing RED. (color stands for something)
What is symbolism?
What is alliteration?
She's being a couch potato today.
What is "she is being lazy."
What is oxymoron?
a great exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
The student tutored her peers because she was so knowledgeable on the content; her peers passed the test, but the student herself failed.
What is irony?
When my baseball broke the neighbor's window, I ran away like a chicken.
What is simile?
I would be in hot water if I came home late.
What is "I would be in trouble."
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
A figure of speech where the phrase is understood to mean something different from that of the individual words.
What is idiom?
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
What is assonance?
She was so tired she could have slept for a year.
What is hyperbole?
I was waiting on pins and needles for the phone call.
What is "I was really excited."
repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words, phrases, or syllables
What is assonance?
a transition in a story to an earlier time that interrupts the chronological order of events
What is flashback?
His haircut reminded me of Donald Trump.
What is allusion?
boom, crack, pow
What is onomatopoeia?
Allen got cold feet when he was going to ask Serenity to marry him.
What is "got too nervous."