Figurative Language Flashcards
1
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A writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot.
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Foreshadowing
2
Q
A conversation, event, or episode that happened before the beginning of the story.
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Flashback
3
Q
When a person, place, activity, or object stands for something other than itself
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Symbolism
4
Q
A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”.
A
Simile
5
Q
A comparison between two unlike things.
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Metaphor
6
Q
A figure of speech in which truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect
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Hyperbole
7
Q
Figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal, or idea
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Personification
8
Q
A contradiction between what is said and what is meant or a difference between what might be expected and what actually occurs
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Irony
