StudySync - Unit 2 - Figurative Language Vocabulary

What is a figure of speech?

• A word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

• Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true, but express some truth beyond the literal level

• The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead

• The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

• A figure of speech in which an animal, an object,  a force of nature, or an idea is given human form

What is personification?

• A word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

• A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• A figure of speech in which an animal, an object,  a force of nature, or an idea is given human form

What is context?

• Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true, but express some truth beyond the literal level

• The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

• A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• The events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

• A figure of speech in which an animal, an object,  a force of nature, or an idea is given human form

What is figurative language?

• A figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead

• Expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true, but express some truth beyond the literal level

• A word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

What type of figurative language is this?

The snow danced around in the wind.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• breezy

What type of figurative language is this?

The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• eardrums

What type of figurative language is this?

My tennis shoes stuck out their tongues at my stinky feet after running the mile.

• simile

• metaphor

• personfication

• smelly

What type of figurative language is this?

The race car zoomed past the finish line.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification