Figurative Language

Question 1

There are plenty of fish in the sea!

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Cliche

Question 2

Giving human-like qualities to nonhuman things.

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Personification

Question 3

A writer uses one thing-usually an object, color, or a phenomenon-to represent something more abstract.

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Symbolism

Question 4

Used to create a more accurate image of an action.

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Vivid Verbs

Question 5

The use of strong action words.

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Vivid Verbs

Question 6

It's a dusty summer day. I am three years old, in the Miller household.

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Flashback

Question 7

Hints or clues which suggest that certain events will happen later in the story.

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Forshadow

Question 8

Usually used to emphasize a playful effect. Often used in childrenś books and poetry.

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Alliteration

Question 9

A transition to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.

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Flashback

Question 10

Used most often in poetry to create a rhythmic feel.

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Rhyme

Question 11

¨I cannot screw this up. My whole life depends on this moment...¨ she said to herself.

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Internal Thinking (Thoughtshot)

Question 12

An overstatement or exaggeration.

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Hyperbole

Question 13

Makes a comparison between two unlike things. The comparison is not announced by like or as.

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Metaphor

Question 14

The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.

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Personification

Question 15

Repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.

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Rhyme

Question 16

A characterś internal dialogue, his/her thoughts about a situation.

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Internal Thinking (Thoughtshot)

Question 17

Repeating the same beginning sound. Feels like a tongue twister.

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alliteration

Question 18

Her purse weighed a ton.

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Hyperbole

Question 19

You can hear the authorś personality and style through word choice and use of literary devices. Not ¨dialogue.¨

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Voice

Question 20

Whoo-wo-wooo-Whoo-wo-wo

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Onomatopeoa

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