English 12 Figurative Language

Figurative Language Review

​Vocabulary

• ​Figurative Language

• ​Euphemism

• ​Oxymoron

• ​hyperbole

• Paradox

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

• Figurative Language

• Literal Language

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

means exactly what it says

• literal language

• figurative language

• irony

• metaphor

​An oxymoron is a phrase that is made up of two or more words that actually have opposite meanings.

​What is an oxymoron?

Multiple Choice

"Oh he's so beautiful--such a beautiful disaster," sings Kelly Clarkson.

• oxymoron

• paradox

Multiple Choice

Identify the paradox.

• The best advice I have for you is: don’t listen to advice.

• The rains came.

• Parting is such sweet sorrow.

• She cared for him all his life.

Multiple Choice

"Oh he's so beautiful--such a beautiful disaster," sings Kelly Clarkson.

• oxymoron

• paradox

Multiple Choice

Identify the paradox.

• The clouds drifted lazily in the sky.

• The person who wrote that book can’t write.

• The clown fish swam comically in the aquarium.

• I was confused by the lesson.

Euphemisms

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By Jonathan Conover

• A euphemism is the substitution of a mild or neutral expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. 

  • For example: we might say to pass away instead of to die.

• There are some things people do not like to talk about because they might offend or hurt others. In these cases we might use a euphemism to be more polite.

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Euphemisms

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By Jonathan Conover

Multiple Choice

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using "like" or "as".

• A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.

• An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.

• an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.

Multiple Choice

..you paint me a blue sky

And go back and turn it to rain

And I lived in your chess game,

• HYPERBOLE

• OXYMORON

• EUPHEMISM

• APOSTROPHE

Multiple Select

Select the options that would make the following sentence a hyperbole:

I ate wings for dinner. They were really hot!

• I ate wings for dinner. My mouth was on fire!

• I ate wings for dinner. They were so hot that my eyes began to water!

• I couldn't eat the wings, because they were too hot!

• The wings that I ate for dinner burned my taste buds off. They were scorching hot!