Ch. 5 Figurative Language

Question 1

techniques that an author uses to create their writing style

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stylistic elements

Question 2

compare two unlike things (often using is or was)

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metaphor

Question 3

people, places, or events that have meaning, but stand for something beyond themselves

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symbols

Question 4

when people say one thing and mean the opposite

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verbal irony

Question 5

a metaphor that continues longer than one sentence

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extended metaphor

Question 6

when we know something that a character doesn't know

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dramatic irony

Question 7

the way a writer uses language

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style

Question 8

Vivid language that creates word pictures

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imagery

Question 9

compare two unlike things using like or as

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simile

Question 10

to make an educated guess

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infer

Question 11

speaks of a nonhuman thing as if it were alive

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personification

Question 12

the difference between what we expect and what we get

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irony

Question 13

situation that turns out to be the opposite of what we expect EX: The fire house burns down.

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situational irony

Question 14

expressions that aren't literally true but suggest similarities between unrelated things

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figurative language

Question 15

a way of speaking of a particular place or group of people

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dialect

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