Figurative Language

Front

What is Figurative Language?

Back

Figurative language is a literary device that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. It includes various techniques such as similes, metaphors, personification, and more.

Front

Define Simile.

Back

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'. For example, 'Her smile is like the sun.'

Front

What is a Metaphor?

Back

A metaphor is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one is the other. For example, 'Time is a thief.'

Front

Define Personification.

Back

Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts. For example, 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

Front

What is Alliteration?

Back

Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words. For example, 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'

Front

Define Hyperbole.

Back

Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally, used for emphasis or effect. For example, 'I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.'

Front

What is Onomatopoeia?

Back

Onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound it describes. Examples include 'buzz', 'bang', and 'sizzle'.

Front

What is an Oxymoron?

Back

An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms appear in conjunction. For example, 'deafening silence'.

Front

Define Imagery.

Back

Imagery is a literary device that uses descriptive language to create vivid mental pictures for the reader, appealing to the senses.

Front

What is a Pun?

Back

A pun is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term or similar-sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.