Figurative
Language Definitions
Language Definitions
Writing that engages or triggers the reader's five senses.
What is imagery?
Comparing two things using "Like" or "As."
What is a simile?
The pattern of rhyming in a poem or song.
What is rhyme scheme?
Her eyes were as blue as the sky.
What is a simile?
Fred is a beast when he gets into the ring!
What is metaphor?
Giving human qualities to something non-human.
What is personification?
An exaggeration of reality.
What is hyperbole?
The "paragraphs" of poems.
What are stanzas?
This restaurant is the worst restaurant in the entire universe!
What is hyperbole?
You don't have to be Einstein to put on pants.
What is allusion?
Referencing something famous.
What is allusion?
Sound words.
What is onomatopoeia?
A poem that has no rhythm or pattern.
What is free verse?
The door complained as I tried to open it.
What is personification?
Tiny Tim tried to, 'till Tonya tackled Todd!
What is alliteration?
Comparing something to another, non-similar thing.
What is metaphor?
The repetition of a sound at the beginnings of words.
What is alliteration?
The overall topic of a poem or song.
What is theme?
We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
What is an idiom?
The stream burbled as it flowed through the woods.
What is onomatopoeia?
A non-literal phrase that DOES NOT make sense literally, but makes sense figuratively.
What is an idiom?
The face of the writer.
What is tone?
The non-literal, "professional" language of poets.
What is figurative language?
Vegetables are Bob's kryptonite, he hates them!
What is allusion?
Time flies when you're having fun!
What is an idiom?