Figurative Language Concepts

Try she's as wrinkled as a prune

is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Synecdoche

• Didactic

"It seems a star shines twice as bright

That shines aline in darkest night.

is an example of...

• Oxymoron

• Antithesis

• Hyperbole

• Irony

"Exaggerate outragously. Let Molehills into mountains grow

or tears make oceans overflow.

This is an example of...

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

You speak to someone absentee

"Oh world!" "Oh death!" Oh Mountain high!"

Is an example of...

• Oxymoron

• Apostrophe

• Simile

• Metaphor

Hercules Gymanasium is an example of

• Literary Allusion

• Metonymy

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

When we refer to Romeo

Allude to Cupid with his bow...

This is an example of...

• Antithesis

• Literary Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Now when you speak in _________

A real sarcasm is the key.

• Literary Allusion

• Metaphor

• Apostrophe

• Irony

"Holy Cow!" is an example of

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

• Literary Allusion

• Simile

Arousing fear, dread, alarm, or great concern

• Formidable

• Jovial

• Inference

• Alert

___________ is realized when

things not human are humanized.

• Simile

• Personification

• Didactic

• Synecdoche