Figurative Language in Literature Flashcards
What is hyperbole?
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
What is onomatopoeia?
An onomatopoeia is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers, for rhetorical effect, to one thing by mentioning another thing.
What is imagery?
Imagery, in a literary text, is an author’s use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work.
What is irony?
Irony, in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case.
What is a simile?
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things.
