Inferencing
Level 1 Fig. Lang
Level 2 Fig. Lang
Level 3 Fig. Lang
Real Life Examples
100

A character has a briefcase, is taking a ride on an airplane and is late for a meeting. What can we infer about this character's job? 

They are a businessman
100

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.

                                   


    

Personification

100

What is a pun?

                                               

A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

                                   


    

100

                                               

A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth.

                                   


    

A Paradox

100

We shall sing Christmas carols. We shall give thanks. We shall spread Christmas cheer. We shall celebrate Jesus birth. 


What is it? 

Anaphora

200

The grass at the school is wet. Give me 3 examples of what you could infer from this. 

1. It rained

2. The sprinkler was on

3. Dew on the grass from the morning

200

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

                                   


    

Alliteration

200

                                               

An expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use.

                                   


    

Idiom
200

What is Anaphora

                                               

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

                                   


    

200

It was a pretty ugly day outside for the farmers to be working. 


What is it? 

Oxymoron

300

Your friend is holding an umbrella...what are 3 inferences you can make? 

1. It is raining

2. It is hot so they are using it to cover them from the sun

3. Teachers choice

300

The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

                                   


    

Onomatopoeia

300

What is Assonance?

The repetition of vowel sounds

300

                                               

 A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.

                                   


    

Synedoche

300

My aunt passed away last week.

What is this?

Euphemism. 

400

What has to be broken before it can be used?

An egg

400

An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.

                                   


    

Hyperbole

400

                                               

A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity. It is different to a metaphor or simile, in that it expresses a set of like relationships between two sets of terms.

                                   


    

Analogy

400

                                               

A ‘softer’, more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

                                   


    

Euphemism

400

Save money by spending it.


What is it? 

Paradox 

500

Answer both questions

You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

What do you fill with empty hands

A Telephone

Gloves

500

                                               

A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

                                   


    

Allusion

500

                                               

When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side.

                                   


    

Oxymoron
500

What are the three types of irony and define them

                                               

There are 3 types of irony: verbal (when what is said is the opposite of what is meant), situational (a contrast between the result of a situation and what is usually expected) and dramatic (when the audience or reader know more than the characters).

                                   


    

500

The captain commands 100 sails in the Bermuda Triangle section of the ocean. 

Synecdoche