Figurative Language Definitions
Quiz by Caroline Carter-Mcclure
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- Q1imagerythe use of figurative language that appeals to the five senses (sight, smell, taste, sound, touch)30s
- Q2paradoxA statement that does not sound true, but it is30s
- Q3inferenceAn evidence based guess30s
- Q4moodwords that evoke (produce) certain feelings in readers through words and descriptions30s
- Q5foreshadowinghints of what is to come in the story30s
- Q6flashbacka past incident that is vividly recounted (remembered) in writing30s
- Q7idioma phrase that cannot be literally understood and is unique to every culture and language30s
- Q8clichean overused saying that has lost its true meaning30s
- Q9similecomparison of 2 unlike things using LIKE or AS30s
- Q10metaphorcomparison of 2 unlike things NOT using LIKE or AS30s
- Q11personificationgiving something nonhuman human characteristics30s
- Q12hyperbolean over exaggeration to make a point30s
- Q13allusionreference (alludes) to history, literature, popular culture, or religion with just a word or phrase30s
- Q14ironythe opposite of what you expect happens (situational); when you say the opposite of what you mean (verbal); when the reader/audience knows something the other characters do not (dramatic)30s
- Q15connotationfeelings associated with a word or phrase30s