Figurative Language Review

Figurative Language Review

​Vocabulary

• ​Figurative Language

• ​Euphemism

• ​Oxymoron

• ​idiom

• ​metaphor

• ​simile

• ​hyperbole

• ​juxaposition

Multiple Choice

"the negative or positive feelings associated with a word" is ...

"los sentimientos negativos o positivos asociados con una palabra" es...

• connotation

• denotation

• figurative language

• technical term

Multiple Choice

What is a language that uses words in ways that shift from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect?

¿Qué es un lenguaje que utiliza palabras de maneras que cambian de su interpretación literal para lograr un efecto más complejo o poderoso?

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is like another thing?

¿Qué hace una comparación entre dos cosas no relacionadas afirmando que una cosa es igual a otra?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Irony

Multiple Choice

What is an intentional exaggeration of the truth, used to emphasize the importance of something or to create a comic effect?

¿Qué es una exageración intencionada de la verdad, utilizada para enfatizar la importancia de algo o para crear un efecto cómico?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

What takes non-human things and describes them as having human attributes?

¿Qué toma cosas no humanas y las describe como si tuvieran atributos humanos?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Pun

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing

una figura retórica que hace una comparación entre dos cosas no relacionadas afirmando que una cosa es otra

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Multiple Choice

an expression that means something totally different than the the literal interpretation of its words would suggest

una expresión que significa algo totalmente diferente de lo que sugeriría la interpretación literal de sus palabras

• literal language

• idiom

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

means exactly what it says

significa exactamente lo que dice

• literal language

• figurative language

• irony

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

colocación de dos cosas muy juntas para enfatizar comparaciones o contrastes

• juxtaposition

• imagery

• figurative language

• simile

Multiple Choice

What is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated.

• Pun

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language