Figurative Language

What is the definition of alliteration ?

• Exaggeration is used for effect

• Words that start with the same sound or letter are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence.

• A comparison which is not literally true but compares something with something that has similar characteristics

What of the following is an example of a a metaphor?

• Life is a movie

• The branches of the tree danced in the wind

• The cat was as fast as the speed of light

• Snap, Crackle, Pop

" Her scream was as loud as a horn" is an example of...

• Irony

• Imagery

• Simlie

• Simile

Which of the following is an example of a pun

• The two pianists had a good marriage. They always were in a chord.

• The snow is a white blanket

• The dog is either brown, or the dog is not brown.

• What do you think of my new wheels?

what is the picture an example of ?

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• paradox

• litotes

"I feat depressed and restless" is an example of

• Imagery

• Anaphora

• Assonance

• Consonance

What is one of the 3 types of irony ?

• Literal

• Verbal

• Situational

• Dramatic