English Literature - Figurative Devices

What does the acronym i.s.h.a.a.m.p.p.o.o.c. stand for?

• idiom, similie, hiperbole, allliteration, assonnance, metaphour, personification, pun, onomatopia, oximoron, clishe

• idiom, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, assonance, metaphor, personification, pun, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, cliche

• idium, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, assonance, metaphour, personification, pune, onomatopeia, oximoron, cliche

• idiom, smile, hyper, alliteration, assonance, metaphor, personification, pun, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, cliche

What are figurative devices?

• Literal words that have a deeper meaning and evokes emotions from the reader.

• Moves the reader from the present moment to the past using emotions.

• hints or clues to give the reader an understanding of the meaning.

• Non-literal words that cannot be taken literally but has a deeper meaning and evokes emotions from the reader.

What is a simile?

• Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object, abstract thing or an  animal.

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  A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison by relating one thing to another unrelated thing without using 'as' or 'like'.

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  A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison by relating one thing to another unrelated thing using 'as' or 'like'

• words that imitate or make the sound you hear.

'As wise as bees' is an example of which figurative device?

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

'She runs like a hyena' is an example of which figurative device?

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

'The sun was climbing above the trees' is an example of which figurative device?

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

'boom', 'crash', 'roar' and 'zap' are examples of which figurative device?

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Why is the following statement an example of personification?

'The sun was climbing above the trees.'

• The sun is being compared to trees using 'as' or 'like' and personification is the comparison of two unlike things using 'as' or 'like'.

• The sun is being compared to trees without using 'as' or 'like' and personification is the comparison of two unlike things without using 'as' or 'like'.

• The sun is making the sound of trees and personification is word making the sound you hear.

• The sun is behaving like a human by mimicking or imitating the action of climbing above trees and personification is an inanimate object taking on human-like characteristics.