Figurative Language
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- Q1exaggeration of something; sometimes meant to be comicalhyperbole30s
- Q2repeating the first letter of multiple words in a line of poetry or textalliteration30s
- Q3compares two unlike things by using the words LIKE or ASsimile30s
- Q4compares two unlike things by saying one is another; frequently uses be verbs (am, is, are, was, were)metaphor30s
- Q5words that represent soundsonomatopoeia30s
- Q6giving an animal or a non-living object the qualities of a human being.personification30s
- Q7the attitude of the story expressed with the author's choice of words that creates an atmosphere/feeling for the readertone30s
- Q8the feeling or atmosphere that is created for the reader by the author's choice of wordsmood30s
- Q9a writer's use of words that creates a vivid (clear) mental picture in the reader's mindimagery30s
- Q10the use of words that appeal to one or more of the following senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, or smellsensory language30s
- Q11A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally; a saying/a figure of speechidiom30s
- Q12the actual meanings of wordsliteral language30s
- Q13says one things, but means something else and is not meant to be taken literallyfigurative speech30s
- Q14All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.connotation30s
- Q15The dictionary definition of a worddenotation30s