Figurative Language Definitions
This type of figurative language compares two or more things using "like" or "as"
Simile
What example of figurative language is this?
"Buzz! Thwack! Zing!"
Onomatopeia
A literary device that employs sensory details to create a thorough description of the setting/characters (what you can see, hear, smell, taste, feel).
Imagery
Cask of Amontillado -
Revenge; keep your friends close, but your enemies closer; what goes around comes around
What is this an example of?
Theme
What was an example of foreshadowing from The Scarlet Ibis that told readers that Doodle was going to die?
Touching the coffin; color red; the scarlet ibis; the storm; empty nest; mentions of summer/nature dying; talking about Doodle in past tense, etc.
A word that represents a sound/noise
Onomatopeia
What example of figurative language is this?
"You are not of the masons."
"Yes, yes. Yes, yes."
"You? Impossible! A mason?"
Allusion
The overall meaning or deeper message of a story conveyed by the author.
Theme
Doodle's older brother made him touch his own coffin. The beginning of the story mentioned "graveyard flowers" and "an empty cradle."
What is this an example of?
Foreshadowing
How does the Montresor family crest act as a metaphor for Montresor and Fortunado?
Fortunado is the snake that bites the foot (he insulted Montresor); Montresor is the foot crushing the snake (Montresor kills Fortunado)
An exaggeration made for dramatic effect
Hyperbole
What example of figurative language is this?
"Observe the white web-work which gleams from these cavern walls."
Alliteration
When an object, color, action, character, or thing represents a deeper meaning or message.
Symbolism
As readers, we knew that Juliet was just sleeping. The characters believed she was actually dead.
What is this an example of?
Dramatic irony
Explain how the imagery of The Pedestrian sets the mood for the story. What is the mood?
The barren, empty streets in the story, as well as Mr. Mead comparing his walk through town like a walk through a graveyard, sets a lonely, eerie mood with tension and uncertainty.
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of multiple words in a phrase/sentence.
Alliteration
What example of figurative language is this?
"The thousand insults of Fortunado I had borne as best I could."
Hyperbole
What type of literary device is this?
A character says something but thinks/means something else entirely.
Verbal Irony
In The Scarlet Ibis, the color red represents a warning. Red often represents blood and danger.
What is this an example of?
Explain how the story about the man jumping from the bridge as well as the allusion to Goldilocks in "Blue Ain't No Mockin Bird" connects to the situation with the Cain family.
In including these stories within a story, the narrator is commenting on how bad it is to disturb someone's privacy, especially when they are experiencing something dark and painful. She is also commenting on how bad it is to be intrusive and exploit others for what they do or don't have.
What is an allusion in literature?
A reference to something (character, figure, person, movie, book, place, etc.) that exists outside of the text, sometimes without directly mentioning it.
What example of figurative language is this?
"I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."
Overall feeling created conveyed by the story to the reader
Mood
"Like the maple syrup dripping into the vats... like scooping the buttermilk and the soft cheese..."
What is this an example of?
Imagery
In "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," how does the child in the closet act as a symbol for our own society? How does the society in this story act as an allegory for our own society?
In this story, the child symbolizes suffering and sacrifice. The society uses the suffering of one as a condition for the existence of their utopia. Therefore bringing into question, could there ever be a utopia? This is where the allegory of the fictional society and the real society comes into play. The author is commenting on the idea that no matter how perfect a society may be/seem, there will always be suffering somewhere. Pleasure cannot exist without pain; good cannot exist without evil.