Figurative Language

The way the author expresses their attitude through their writing is called:

• figurative language

• mood

• tone

• allusion

Authors are _____________ 

when it comes to the language they use in their works.

• careless

• purposeful

• fearful

• tone

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE is:

• is literal

• the way the author expresses their attitude through their writing

• the way we analyze words

• Words, phrases, or sentences that go beyond the literal meaning.

  
  

The tone in writing is like the tone of your:

• figurative language

• voice when you are speaking to someone

• voicemail

• none of these

A metaphor is used to:

• refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar.

  
  

• set the tone

• to refer to a person, place or, thing

• confuse the reader

"In the eastern sky there was a yellow patch like a rug laid for the 

feet of the coming sun . . .”

What two things are being compared in this quote?

• yellow patch and a rug

• eastern sky and the sun

• sky and rug

• the feet and the sun

When a word’s pronunciation imitates its sound it is called:

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

“Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –:

This is an example of:

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Which is the best example of a HYPERBOLE?

• You're so pretty.

• The bees were buzzing everywhere!

• • That plane ride took forever.

• She smiled sweetly.

The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables is called:

• idiom

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration