Straight Up Figurative Language
Tired roses
What is Personification?
Time is money.
What is a metaphor?
Bobby broke a bottle-BAM; the beetles bellowed and bolted.
What is alliteration?
Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
White lilies, pure as falling snow
What is simile?
The verbal expression of a sensory experience.
What is imagery?
DAILY DOUBLE (for 600 points)
I've got a ton of homework.
What is a hyperbole?
When a visual item, sound, person or event represents an abstract idea different from the literal meaning
What is a symbolism?
The moon asked the stars to dance.
What is metaphor?
Extreme Exaggeration
Hyperbole
What literary device reveals a kind of truth which seems contradictory?
What is a paradox?
An expression that takes on a figurative meaning when certain words are combined, which is different from the literal definition of the individual words.
What is an idiom?
Alive with wistful murmurings, / Enfold me in thy quiet might:
What is personification?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
DAILY DOUBLE
Snug as a bug in a rug.
What is idiom?