Figurative Language and Poetic Devices
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- Q1A comparison of two unlike things using like or assimile30s
- Q2A comparison without using like or asMetaphor30s
- Q3the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or ideaPersonification30s
- Q4the use of words that imitate soundsOnomatopoeia30s
- Q5A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.Oxymoron30s
- Q6exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.Hyperbole30s
- Q7A statement that says less than what is meantUnderstatement30s
- Q8A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.Idiom30s
- Q9A reference to another work of literature, person, or eventAllusion30s
- Q10a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versaSynecdoche30s
- Q11the occurrence of the same letterAlliteration30s
- Q12Repetition of vowel soundsAssonance30s
- Q13Repetition of consonant soundsConsonance30s
- Q14the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.Enjambment30s
- Q15Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)Imagery30s