Figurative Language Review

Front

In literature, an ________ is used when someone speaks directly to someone who is not there, someone who is dead, to an inanimate object, or abstract idea.

Back

Apostrophe

Front

An implicit, implied, or even hidden comparison between two unrelated things that share some characteristics in common

Back

Metaphor

Front

A comparison between two different things to show their similarities, using the words “like” or “as” between the things being compared.

Back

Simile

Front

"Her laughter was music to anyone around her" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Options:

Metaphor

,

Simile

,

Analogy

,

Sarcasm

Back

Metaphor

Front

The Oval Office issued a statement regarding the new tax policy.

Back

Metonymy

Front

Is "Lend me your ears, ladies and gentleman" an example of synecdoche or metonymy?

Back

Metonymy

Front

Personification

Back

an author gives human traits or characteristics to an animal or object

Front

What is being personified in the sentence: "At night, the wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest."? Options: the night, the forest, the wind.

Back

the wind

Front

Which kind of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The baby pig is as cute as a button."?

Back

simile

Tags

4L5

Front

Hyperboles are phrases that

Back

exaggerate