Figurative Language

Question 0

Simile

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And explicit comparison between two unlike things with the use of like or as

Question 1

Metaphor

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And implied comparison between two unlike things “every day is a winding road”

Question 2

Personification

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Attributing human qualities to an abstract idea or an inanimate object

Question 3

Imagery

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Language that makes strong appeal to the five senses, sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.

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Syntax

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The intentional emphasis on the word order and structure of a sentence or phrase. To analyze syntax one can consider sentence form and structure, repetition, and punctuation

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Pun

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A play on the meaning of words that relies on a word having more than one meaning or sound like another word

Question 6

Irony

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The speaker mean something other than what is said, the unexpected, a difference between what is stated to be literally true and what the reader knows to be true

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration, deliberate exaggeration for emphasis

Question 8

Litotes

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Opposite of hyper bowl, intensifies an idea by understatement

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Synecdoche

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One word that helps the reader think of all things in the class

Question 10

Metonymy

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Designation of one thing but something closely associated with it. For example, crown when referring to royalty or the man referring to the government

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Oxymoron

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Contradiction, two contradictory terms or ideas use together

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Paradox

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A statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth

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Onomatopoeia

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Refers to the use of words who sound reinforces their meaning, bang, pop, cackle

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Alliteration

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Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words to increase memory retention add emphasis and or create a rhythm

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Euphemism

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And inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or harsh

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Allusion

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A reference to another text or assumes knowledge of a reference, and allusion references and draws on the authority of the illiterate work and can mix the reader with the author by assuming common knowledge

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Anadiplosis

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Repeats the last word of one phrase, clauses, or sentences at or very near the beginning of the next. It can be generated in series for the sake of beauty or to give a sense of logical progression.

Question 18

Chiasmus

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Grammatical structure when the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the words.