Figurative Language 1
A comparison between two unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The attitude an author conveys toward a subject through word choice and style.
What is tone?
A narrative technique that intentionally imitates or mocks through exaggeration, irony, and humor.
What is satire?
The way a poem is organized—its arrangement of ideas, events, or patterns.
What is structure/ or stanzas?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is Alliteration?
This device gives human qualities or actions to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
A narrative position from which a story is told (e.g., first person or third person).
What is perspective?
Writing that uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to expose and criticize human flaws or society.
What is satire/satirical writing?
14-line poem in iambic pentameter, structured as three four-line quatrains (ABAB CDCD EFEF) and a final rhyming couplet (GG),
What is Shakespearean Sonnet?
This figurative language device compares two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
When an object, color, or action represents a deeper idea beyond its literal meaning.
What is symbolism?
A literary device that hints at events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A tone that uses sharp, cutting remarks meant to mock or ridicule.
What is sarcasm/sarcastic tone?
A 14-line poem in iambic pentameter, divided into an eight-line octave (ABBAABBA rhyme scheme) that presents a problem or question, and a six-line sestet (CDECDE or CDCDCD)
What is a Petrarchan Sonnet/ Italian Sonnet?
Language that appeals to the five senses in order to create vivid mental pictures.
What is imagery?
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
a literary device that indirectly refers to external people, events, or things.
What is Allusion?
describes an author's intentional choice of words for a purpose or effect. Diction helps an author tie emotions to characters, settings, and ideas.
What is Diction?
A shift or turn in a poem’s tone, meaning, or perspective—often found in sonnets.
What is a volta?
Words that imitate sounds
What is Onomatopoeia?
A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as “jumbo shrimp.”
What is an oxymoron?
An expression that softens or makes something unpleasant sound more polite or mild.
What is a euphemism?
When a speaker says one thing but means the opposite, often for humorous or critical effect.
What is Verbal Irony?
(in verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
What is Enjambment?
A statement that seems self-contradictory but reveals a deeper truth.
What is a paradox?