Figurative Devices Flashcards
What is an Allusion?
A quick reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event, in the present or past.
What is an Idiom?
A common phrase that doesn’t mean what it’s literal meaning is.
Example: It’s raining cats and dogs
What is Imagery?
When writing captures peoples senses.
What is a Hyperbole?
An exageration to make a point.
Example: That coffee was hot enough to melt an iceberg!
What is a Metaphor?
An indirect comparison without using ‘like’ or ‘as.’ The compairison may seem like it has nothing in common, but actually does.
Example: The snow is a white blanket.
What is an Oxymoron?
An expression where two words with opposite meanings are placed together.
Example: Seriously funny
What is Personification?
When something not a human is labled with human characteristics.
Example: Birds danced in the sky
What is a Pun?
When two words with similar pronounciations and different meanings are mixed up to make a joke.
What is a Simile?
A direct comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as.’
What is Symbolizm?
When a phisical symbol showcases an abstract feeling, quality, or concept.
Example: Dove=Peace
