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Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
    simile
    30s
  • Q2
    A comparison without using like or as
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q3
    the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
    Personification
    30s
  • Q4
    the use of words that imitate sounds
    Onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q5
    A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
    Oxymoron
    30s
  • Q6
    exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q7
    A statement that says less than what is meant
    Understatement
    30s
  • Q8
    A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
    Idiom
    30s
  • Q9
    A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
    Allusion
    30s
  • Q10
    a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
    Synecdoche
    30s
  • Q11
    the occurrence of the same letter
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q12
    Repetition of vowel sounds
    Assonance
    30s
  • Q13
    Repetition of consonant sounds
    Consonance
    30s
  • Q14
    the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
    Enjambment
    30s
  • Q15
    Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
    Imagery
    30s

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