Sound Devices and Figurative Language

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of words in a line of poetry

• the repetition of letter sounds in a stanza of poetry

• the repetition of vowel sounds at the end of words

• the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry

What is assonance?

• The repetition of letters in a line of poetry
• the repetition of letter sounds in a line of poetry
• the repetition of vowel sounds in poetry
• the repetition of consonant sounds in poetry

This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• simile
• stanza

“Tick, tock.”

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

”A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open”.-Frank Zappa

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

I am dying of shame is an example of...

• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile
• Hyperbole

What is personification

• Giving human qualities to a human

• Giving non living qualities to living things

• Comparing something to a nonliving thing.

• Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

An extreme exaggeration used for effect

• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole
• simile

The ___________ of the text is how it is arranged by the author.

• Tone
• Structure
• Word choice
• Diction

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.