Show:
Define Me!
Isn't It Ironic?
Literal or Figurative?
What Am I?
What Am I? Part 2
100
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
100
A type of irony where what a character says is the opposite of what he or she really means
Verbal Irony
100
I was so mad I stomped out of the room.
Literal (onomatopoeia)
100
Best Buy, Coca-Cola, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond are examples of what?
Alliteration
100
"Clearly confused" is an example of:
oxymoron
200
giving human qualities to non-living thing
personification
200
A type of irony where the readers or audience know what's going to happen, but the characters in the story do not
Dramatic Irony
200
I was so happy, I was on Cloud 9.
Figurative (idiom)
200
This place could only be described as a Garden of Eden. What type of figurative language is used, and what does it mean?
Allusion- Garden of Eden - from the Bible The place is very beautiful, with plants.
200
Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Simile
300
an expression or phrase that is only known through common use and cannot be taken literally
idiom
300
A type of irony in which an event turns out to be very different from what you would expect.
Situational Irony
300
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Figurative (hyperbole)
300
That figurative language test? Piece of cake!
Cliche'
300
The ornithopter in Freak the Mighty is an example of this because Freak helped Max to rise above his problems.
Symbolism
400
a brief reference to a historical event, the Bible, a myth or a famous artwork (literature)
Allusion
400
What would be an ironical name for a huge dog?
Tiny, Shrimp, etc.
400
It was raining so hard the ditches were overflowing.
Literal.
400
The assignment was a breeze.
Metaphor Assignment and breeze are being compared.
400
The Autumn leaves rustled in the wind and I noticed their bright yellow color against the misty sky.
imagery
500
To intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.
Understatement
500
You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel and the next thing you know, you slipped too. What type of irony is this?
Situational
500
"I'm just this critter hiding out in the basement, drooling over my comic books..." Freak the Mighty
Figurative (analogy)
500
Figurative language is to English class, as equations are to math class
Analogy
500
We'll see when Dean leaves.
Assonance