Figurative Language

Question 1

Symbol

Answer 1

A person, place or thing that stands for something else

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

A comparison using like or as

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

A comparison that does not use like or as

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

An exaggeration that is not realistic

Question 5

Imagery

Answer 5

An appeal to the readers 5 senses

Be specific in your annotations

Question 6

5 senses

Answer 6

Tactile (touch)
Visual (sight)
Auditory (hear)
Olfactory (smell)
Gustatory (taste)

Question 7

Allusion

Answer 7

A reference to something historical, religious, from pop culture, mythological or political

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

Using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of it’s literal or normal meaning

Question 9

Oxymoron

Answer 9

Two words that contradict each other but being placed together create meaning
Ex: bitter sweet, jumbo shrimp

Question 10

Diction

Answer 10

Detonation and connotation

Question 11

Detonation

Answer 11

Definition of a word

Question 12

Connotation

Answer 12

Associated with implied meaning

Question 13

Onomatopoeia

Answer 13

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

Question 14

Personification

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Synesthesia

Answer 15

The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body

Question 16

Metonymy

Answer 16

A figure of speech with which an author refers to something indirectly, metonymy references the name of something else with which it is associated; it differs from a regular symbol in its reliance on a name, not an object, as the associative link

Question 17

Synecdoche

Answer 17

Synecdoche is a figure of speech whereby something is identified only by mention of a smaller part of itself