WorksheetsFigurtive language
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Worksheet time: 23mins
Simile
comparison using "like" or "as"
comparison without using "like" or "as"
a phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase
Connotation
to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature, art, etc., the particular idea or quality that is expressed by a symbol
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Hyperbole
giving human characteristics to something non-human
extreme exaggeration
implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text
Metaphor
comparison without using "like" or "as"
comparison using "like" or "as"
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
Idiom
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
continuious repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Personification
giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
comparison using "like" or "as"
Onomatopoeia
refers to words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
Allusion
giving human qualitys to non-human things
extreme exaggeration
implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text
Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text
comparing using "like" or "as"
Symbolism
extreme exaggeration
comparing without using "like" or "as"
to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature, art, etc.,the particular idea or quality that is expressed by a symbol.
Denotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
"your eyes are as green as the the grass"
Simile
Metaphor
"the door made a bang"
alliteration
onomatopoeia
"the trees were dancing"
personification
hyperbole
" sally sold sea shells by the sea shore"
alliteration
symbolism
"my backpack weighs a ton"
hyperbole
personification
"break a leg"
idiom
metaphor
“don't act like a scrooge.”
allusion
symbolism
"I have a heart of gold"
metaphor
simile
"blue means peaceful
metaphor
symbolism
“she's feeling blue.”
connotation
deotation
"a dictonary is a book of words with definitions"
connotation
denotation
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