Why do people use figurative language?

To make their writing interesting, visual, and make a point.

a speech delivered while a character is alone on stage.

Humor or irony criticizing people's stupidity

two or more characters talking together

a reference to a famous person, place, or event

using symbols to represent something

Language creating mental pictures by using sensory language.

What is personification?

Giving human-like traits to non-living objects

Definition of Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes

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Final Exam Review: Literary Devices

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1
What is an example of oxymoron below?
Bob is
Shining like a diamond
Jumbo shrimp
Zombie
2
Define the simile. "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."
She gets really angry.
She talks really loudly.
She is nice.
Her hair is red.
3
"The scrumptious desserts were calling out my name" is an example of...
Personification
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Simile
4
Why do people use figurative language?
Just because.
To be grammatically correct.
To structure their writing into paragraphs.
To make their writing interesting, visual, and make a point.
5
A soliloquy is...
A dialogue between two characters in a play
Comments meant to be heard only by the audience
Words sounding like other words but have different meanings
a speech delivered while a character is alone on stage.
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What is satire?
Humor or irony criticizing people's stupidity
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
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"If I were young. If I were strong. If I were loved. If I were wrong." The "ifs" are...
Metaphor
Simile
Repetition
Onomatopoeia
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What is alliteration?
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
a word that mimics a sound
using symbols to represent something
repetition of consonant sounds
9
When the audience knows something important that a character doesn't know
Situation Irony
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Literal Irony
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What is dialogue?
the narrator explaining what happened off stage
one character reveals to the audience what will happen next
two or more characters talking together
one character sharing thoughts
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A figure of speech that is an exaggeration...
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Hyperbole
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A hint about events to come (usually bad ones)
Metaphor
Exposition
Foreshadowing
Flashback
13
"America is a melting pot" is an example of
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Repetition
Simile
14
The act or instance of repeating is this literary device
Alliteration
Satire
Simile
Imagery
15
Define allusion
two lines working as a unit
a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds
words that involve one of the five senses
a reference to a famous person, place, or event
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What is onomatopoeia?
a word that mimics a sound
using symbols to represent something
repetition of consonant sounds
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
17
When a narrative makes a brief "jump" into the past
Flash Forward
Dramatic Hook
Exposition
Flashback
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What is symbolism?
a word that mimics a sound
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
repetition of consonant sounds
using symbols to represent something
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What is Imagery?
Giving a animal, idea, or object human-like characteristics.
A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
Language creating mental pictures by using sensory language.
The use of words to imitate sounds.
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What is personification?
Giving human-like traits to non-living objects
using symbols to represent something
repetition of consonant sounds
a word that mimics a sound
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Definition of Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes
The name of Ms. Stone's cat
I don't know
the literal or primary meaning of a word

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