Figurative Language Flashcards
What is an allusion?
It is an implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event.
Alliteration is…
A. A word that is the opposite in meaning of another word
B. The repetition of beginning sounds of neighboring words.
C. The process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another.
D. The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach.
B. The REPETITION of beginning sounds of neighboring words. :))
Define what connotation is.
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning.
True or False: Figurative language is a language that is meant to be taken literally because it uses logic more than imagination.
FALSE, it’s language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.
Explain to me what hyperbole is because I don’t know if it’s a hyper ball.
It is an exaggeration or overstatement! (e.g., I had to wait forever.)
Definition of imagery
A. The generally accepted the importance of a work representing a given culture.
B. A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.
C. A written account of another person’s life
D. Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions, appeals to five senses
If you picked D, here’s a cookie :) Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions, appeals to the five senses
What does it mean to be ironic (irony)?
The use of a word, phrase, or situation that means the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.
Similes and metaphors, don’t know the rest of the song :3, WHAT DOES METAPHORS MEAN?
The comparison of two, unlike things in which no words of comparison (like or as) are used, instead uses is or was.
Personification…
Is an object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.)
A lot of tik tokers do this on a daily basis, what does it mean to be SATIRE?
A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness.
TRUE or FALSE: Simile is a comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., The ant scurried as fast as a cheetah.)
true, now do u want a meda?
What are sound devices?
Elements of literature that emphasize sound (e.g., assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, onomatopoeia).
The real meaning of assonance
A. Similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words
B. A variety of language distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
C. Traits that mark work as imaginative or narrative discourse.
A as in apple
Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds of at least two words at the beginning, middle, or end of a line.
PICK A SIDE!! Is onomatopoeia the initial dialogue between characters in a story, or is it the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with objects or actions?
If you picked the 2nd one, you get absolutely no prize!!! :) The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
