Define Figurative Language

Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is...

• figurative

• literal

Language in which the words are meant to be interpreted with our imagination is...

• figurative

• literal

Alliteration is:

• Repetition of the initial consonant sound at the beginning of the word

• Repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase or sentence

• Repetition of a consonant anywhere in the word of a sentence

Assonance is:

• repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a word

• repetition of the vowel sounds in the sentence

• repetition of the initial consonant sounds at the beginning of the words in a sentence

What is consonance?

• The repeition of vowel sounds.

• The repetition of the consonant sounds in a sentence.

• The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginning of the words in the sentence.

What is personification?

• When a person owns an object

• giving human traits to non-human objects

• when things are described by one of five senses.

• an exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an idiom?

• The use of symbols in writing to express something to the reader.

• An exaggeration.

• Two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently.

• A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

Onomatopoeia is...

• An exaggerated statement

• A sound effect

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• The use of a word associated with a sound.

Hyperbole is:

• an exaggeration

• giving human traits to a non-human object

• words associated with sounds

• involves one of the five senses

An oxymoron is:

• a comparison between to objects using like or as

• a phrase or a pair of words in a sentence that have one meaning but the words contradict each other.

• an exaggeration

• expressions that mean something other than the literal words