FIGURATIVE ELEMENTS TEST

Define SIMILE

• A figure of speech that compares oranges and apples

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• A type of computer program

• A type of dance popular in the 1980s.
• A type of fabric used in clothing manufacturing.
• A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

Define METAPHOR

• A method of storytelling
• A type of poetry
• A figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is another
• A form of exaggeration

Simile vs Metaphor

• Simile and metaphor are the same thing
• Simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as', while metaphor compares two things without using 'like' or 'as'.
• Simile compares two things using 'or' while metaphor compares two things using 'and'
• Beyonce vs Rihanna

Define HYPERBOLE

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
• A type of poem that has a specific rhyme scheme.

• A form of irony where the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning.
• An exaggeration of ideas for emphasis.

Define PERSONIFICATION

• Describing a person's mental state

• Describing a person's emotional appearance

• Attributing human qualities to non-human things or abstract ideas
• Describing a person's physical appearance

Define ONOMATOPOEIA

• Words that rhyme with each other
• Words that are difficult to pronounce
• Words that have multiple meanings
• Words that imitate sounds

Define FORESHADOWING

• A way of describing a character's appearance
• A method of predicting the weather
• A type of fishing technique
• When the writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Define ALLITERATION

• When a series of words in a sentence have the same first consonant sound.

• A type of weather phenomenon
• A type of dance
• A type of fruit

Define SYMBOLISM

• The use of numbers to represent ideas or qualities.
• The use of words to represent ideas or qualities.
• The use of colors to represent ideas or qualities.
• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Define IRONY

• A type of metal that is resistant to rust
• A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is opposite to its literal meaning.
• A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the same as the implied meaning

• Ironing with attitude