English (Figurative Language)

Question 1

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).
  -Uses As and Like

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Simile

Question 2

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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Metaphor

Question 3

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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Personification

Question 4

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

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Hyperbole

Question 5

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

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Irony

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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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alliteration

Question 7

-Similar vowel sounds
-is a resemblance in the sounds of words/syllables either between their vowels or
between their consonants

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Assonance

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is the process of creating a word that phonetically
imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes

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Onomatopoeia

Question 9

occurs when the author of the poem repeats words or phrases to emphasize or create
rhythm.

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Repetition

Question 10

is a literary device that uses symbols, be they words, people, marks, locations, or abstract ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning.

Answer 10

Symbolism