Metalanguage - Figurative language Flashcards
1
Q
Idiom
A
a culturally-specific phrase where the individual words do not have the same meaning
2
Q
Oxymoron
A
two ‘opposites’ that appear together
3
Q
Personification
A
a metaphor that gives inanimate objects human qualities
4
Q
Metaphor
A
describing something as ‘being’ something else
5
Q
Simile
A
describing something as ‘like’ or ‘as’ something else
6
Q
Irony
A
a meaning is conveyed that is opposite from the literal meaning
7
Q
Figurative language
A
language that is non-literal in meaning:
Idiom
Oxymoron
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Irony
