Figurative Language Review

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration

Front

What do you call words that have opposite meanings?

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Antonyms

Front

What is imagery?

Back

Words or phrases appealing to one or more of the five senses in order to create a mental picture.

Front

What is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event called?

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Allusion

Front

What is a group of lines in a poem or song that constitutes a division?

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Stanza

Front

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is a figure of speech that directly states a comparison between two unlike things?

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Metaphor

Front

What is the emotional association or meaning of a word called?

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Connotation

Front

What is the literal meaning of a word, without any emotional association?

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Denotation

Front

What is a phrase that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its individual words?

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Idiom