English 3 Review

Figurative
Language Skills

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Alliteration is

• The repetition of final vowel sounds in neighboring words.
• The repetition of initial vowel sounds in neighboring words.
• The repetition of random sounds in neighboring words.
• The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.

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Onomatapea is

• A type of fruit
• A form of Riverdance only found in Onoma

• A musical instrument
• A word that resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Hyperbole is pronounced

• hi-per-bow-lee

• hyper-bowl
• high-per-bowl

• hip-er-bowl

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Personification is

• a mathematical equation

• a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human things.

• a form of transportation

• a type of video game that grows new dragons

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The following is a ____________

"March came in like a lion..."

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• metaphor

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An idiom example would be:

• Go out and get your revenge

• Break a leg

• a trombone is in the marching band

• that crazy guy in your class

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An example of an Oxymoron is

• jumbo shrimp
• tiny elephant
• small whale
• giant ant

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Assonance

• Assonance refers to the use of alliteration in poetry.

• Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.
• Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

• Assonance is a type of punctuation used to separate clauses.

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Irony

• Irony is a literary technique where the intended meaning of words is different from the literal meaning.
• Irony is a synonym for sarcasm
• Irony is a form of poetry designed in 5 lines with the 1,2 and 5 rhyming and 3 and 4 rhyming.

• Irony is a type of metal used in the making of steel

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Match the following

• Antithesis

• Alliteration

• Circumlocation

• Epigram

• Euphemism

places opposites side by side

Repeating of Consonant Sounds

purposely wordy description

Clever and memorable statement

Way to say something in an light tone

• places opposites side by side

• Repeating of Consonant Sounds

• purposely wordy description

• Clever and memorable statement

• Way to say something in an light tone

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Litotes use a ​ ​

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​

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to create a positive.

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A documentary is program or film that provides a ​

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or ​

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of real events

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factual record

fictional account

exaggerated vision

historical fiction

biopic

report

lies about

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A brief literary work told to amuse or make a point: ​

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short story

joke

Idiom

Style

plot

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A Deliberate ​

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that adds emphasis, urgency, or excitement to a statement

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exaggeration

situation

understatement

double negative

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Annotation is the any action that deliberately interacts with a text to enhance the reader's ​

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of, ​

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of, and ​

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to the text.

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Metonymy is a ​

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in which one word or object stands in

for a ​

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word or object.

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A good example of a Metaphor would be: ​

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or ​

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he was an onion

he was her rock

he was tired

she at her bagel

I decided to call my mom

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is the intentional downplaying of a situation

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A scheme is a ​

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A trope is a ​

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• Descriptive

• Explanatory

• Climax

• Comparative

• Analytical

Gives information, ideas, or processes

Provides detailed explanations

The highest point of interest/ conflict

Highlights similarities and differences

Breaks down into components

• Gives information, ideas, or processes

• Provides detailed explanations

• The highest point of interest/ conflict

• Highlights similarities and differences

• Breaks down into components

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• Exposition

• Resolution

• Caption

• Idiom

• Rhetoric

Explanation

Conclusion

Title

Expression

Oratory

• Explanation

• Conclusion

• Title

• Expression

• Oratory

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Match the following

• Claim

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Pathos

• Logos

Thesis Statement

Feeling a word invokes

The literal or primary meaning of a word

Quality that evokes pity or sadness

Appeal to Reason or Logic

• Thesis Statement

• Feeling a word invokes

• The literal or primary meaning of a word

• Quality that evokes pity or sadness

• Appeal to Reason or Logic

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Match the following

• Allegory

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

• Ethos

• Flashback

story, picture, or other art representin

exaggerated statements but not literal

story with a point to be made

persuasive comments to sway audience

taking a narrative back in time

• story, picture, or other art representin

• exaggerated statements but not literal

• story with a point to be made

• persuasive comments to sway audience

• taking a narrative back in time