Definitions
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
What is personification?
"Her beauty shone like the sun."
What is a simile?
Create your own example for a simile.
What is a simile?
- A comparison using like or as.
Define the term personification.
What is "giving humanlike qualities to inanimate objects?"
A comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated
What is a metaphor?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
"The wind whispered secrets through the trees."
What is personification?
Create your own example of a metaphor.
What is a metaphor?
-Comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated.
Define metaphor.
What is "a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated."
A seemingly contradictory statement which, when investigated, may prove to be well founded or true.
What is paradox?
Words or phrases that trigger the reader to recall images that engage one of the five senses.
What is imagery?
"She was the most beautiful woman in all the lands."
What is hyperbole?
Create your own example of hyperbole.
What is hyperbole?
-Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
Define alliteration.
A reference to a well-known person, character, event, or place that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of his/her/their work.
What is allusion?
Phrases which cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of individual words in the phrase but have cultural significance.
What is an idiom?
"The stars aligned in his favor."
What is an idiom?
Create your own example of a paradox.
What is a paradox?
-Seemingly contradictory statement that, when further investigated, may prove to be well founded/true.
Define paradox.
What is "a seemingly contradictory statement which, when more deeply investigated, may prove to be well founded or true."
A figure of speech in which a part is used to signify the whole.
What isi synecdoche?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely-connected words.
What is alliteration?
The astrologer compares a situation to the "wisdom of King Solomon" or a beautiful place to "the garden of Eden."
What is allusion?
Create your own synecdoche.
What is synecdoche?
-A figure of speech in which a part is used to signify the whole.
Define synecdoche.
What is "a figure of speech in which a part is used to signify the whole."