Figurative Language
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
What is a simlie
"His room was as black as pitch."
What is an example of simile?
The number of nights the narrator watched the old man.
What is 8 nights?
To cause distress to.
What is to vex?
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is it's raining really heavily?
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim"
What is an example of personification?
The object used to prevent blood stains while the narrator was disposing of the old man.
What is a tub?
To decrease in vigor or power.
What is to wane?
A dime a dozen.
What is something common?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
"Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased."
What is an example of a metaphor?
The manner that convinced the officers that no foul play was committed by the narrator.
What is confidence?
An uncertain belief.
What is supposition?
Beat around the bush.
What is to avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable?
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."
What is an example of irony?
The number of planks he took from the floor to conceal the body.
What is three?
To conceal or disguise one's thoughts, feelings or character.
What is to dissimulate?
Get off your high horse.
What is to stop being conceited?
A figurative phrase that is generally understood from its common use.
What is an idiom?
"With what caution–with what foresight, with what dissimulation, I went to work!"
"They heard!–they suspected!–they KNEW!–they were making a mockery of my horror!"
What is an example of anaphora?
The reason the narrator gave the officers for the shriek?
What is the narrator was dreaming?
To show keen mental discernment and good judgment.
What is sagacious?
To buy a cat in a sack.
What is a buyer purchased something without inspecting it first?