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Sound Devices
Figurative Language Terms
What type of figurative language?
What type of figurative language?
Sound Devices
100
the repetition of the same beginning sound
alliteration
100
a comparison between two unlike things
metaphor
100
Language is a road map of a culture.
metaphor
100
The wind whispered through the trees.
personification
100
"He nodded, nearly napping." What type of sound device is in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
alliteration
200
repeated vowel sounds in words that almost rhyme
assonance
200
an extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
200
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
personification
200
The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us.
Simile
200
"Mammals named Sam are clammy." What type of sound device is in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
assonance and consonance
300
repeated consonant sounds in the middles and ends of words
consonance
300
An object that has a meaning in itself but also represents something greater than itself
symbol
300
He is older than the hills.
hyperbole
300
I've told you a thousand times to clean your room!
hyperbole
300
"Do you like beautiful blue balloons?" What type of sound device is in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
assonance and consonance
400
"He dreamed of sweet peas." What sound device is used in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
assonance
400
Giving a nonhuman object human qualities
personification
400
Love stinks!
personification
400
“Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.”
allusion
400
"He will not see me stopping here." What type of sound device is in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
assonance
500
"The ship has sailed to the far off shores." Which sound device is in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
alliteration and consonance
500
reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
allusion
500
The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes.
allusion
500
I'll love you until the oceans run dry.
hyperbole
500
"Play with the clay to make the dolls." What type of sound device is in this sentence? Alliteration, assonance, or consonance?
assonance