Figurative Language Review

What is a metaphor?

• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.

• A direct comparison of two unlike subjects.

• Language that creates mental pictures by using sensory language.

What is alliteration?

• A big exaggeration to make a point.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
• A figure of speech in which an animal, object, or idea is given human or person-like characteristics. 

What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The use of words that imitate sounds.

"You've got a smile that could light up this whole town"

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

"And I'm going to miss you, like a child misses their blanket."

• Metaphor

• Paradox

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Placing side by side two contradictory words that make logical sense when explained.

• paradox

• hyperbole

• alliteration 

• oxymoron 

Placing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense. 

• alliteration

• oxymoron 

• paradox

• allusion 

Bill is a cheerful pessimist.

• Allusion

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Metaphor

indirect reference to a person, place, event, of literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar.

• Allusion

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

What is a simile?

• A  comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "like" or "as".
• Giving human characteristics to an animal, idea, or nonliving object.
• Words that imitate sounds.
• A comparison of two unlike subjects using the words "is" or "was".