Figurative Language
This is a comparison using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
The repetition of the same beginning sounds in a series of words.
What is alliteration?
The attitude of the author toward the subject or audience.
What is tone?
The arrangement of words and lines in a poem.
What is structure?
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
This device describes something by saying it is something else.
What is a metaphor?
Words that imitate the sound they represent.
What is onomatopoeia?
The feeling or atmosphere created for the reader.
What is mood?
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
What is an allusion?
The arrangement of beats or accents in a poem.
What is rhythm?
A contradictory combination of words, such as "jumbo shrimp."
What is an oxymoron?
The author’s specific choice of words.
What is diction?
A device where one thing represents a broader idea.
What is symbolism?
Giving human traits to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?
A section of a poem, often separated by a blank line.
What is a stanza?
This can be created by diction, setting, and imagery to affect the audience's emotions.
What is mood?
What example of figurative speech is this: The golden sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of fiery orange and soft lavender.
What is the imagery?
A repetition of similar sounds in two or more words.
What is rhyme?
An extreme exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
The smallest unit of a poem, typically a single sentence or phrase.
What is a line?
The overall message or lesson of a text.
What is theme?
The basic rhythmic unit of a line, such as iambic pentameter.
What is meter?
Words carefully chosen to suggest or evoke a specific tone or mood.
What is diction?