Figurative Language

Figurative Language

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English

8th - 12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What is an allusion?

Back

A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is personification?

Back

A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is alliteration?

Back

The repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.

4.

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Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two dissimilar things without the express use of 'like' or 'as.'

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is understatement?

Back

A figure of speech employed by writers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is hyperbole?

Back

An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an idiom?

Back

A phrase or expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning.

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