Language Devices Flashcards
What is a simile?
A figure of speech that compares two different things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
Identify the language device: ‘The world is a stage.’
Metaphor
True or False: Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
True
Fill in the blank: A _____ is an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
hyperbole
What is personification?
Attributing human qualities to non-human entities.
Identify the language device: ‘The wind whispered through the trees.’
Personification
What does onomatopoeia refer to?
Words that imitate the sounds they describe.
True or False: Oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms.
True
What is the main purpose of a metaphor?
To create a direct comparison between two unlike things.
Identify the language device: ‘Deafening silence.’
Oxymoron
What is an idiom?
A phrase where the meaning is not deducible from the individual words.
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a comparison without using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
metaphor
Identify the language device: ‘Buzz,’ ‘hiss,’ and ‘clang.’
Onomatopoeia
What is the definition of alliteration?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
True or False: A pun is a form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a term.
True
