Figurative Language Flashcard

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What is alliteration?

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A figure of speech that repeats the same sound at the beginning of words.

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Provide an example of alliteration.

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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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What is the definition of situational irony?

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Something happens that is the reversal of what is expected.

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What is dramatic irony?

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When the reader/viewer knows something that the character doesn't.

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Provide an example of dramatic irony.

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You're watching a scary movie and tell the character not to go in that room because there is a ghost.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things.

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What is hyperbole?

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A figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis or effect.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the sound it represents.