Figurative Language

Language that appeals to the SENSES (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).

 A COMPARISON between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Charming children chat in the corner is an example of what kind of figurative language?

We had to wait forever! is an example of what figurative language?

A comparison between two unlike thingsusing “LIKE” or “AS” to make the comparison.

 The CLIMATE or FEELING created for the reader as a result ofthe words that author chooses.

A combination of OPPOSITE terms.

 A REFERENCE to something that is known from literature, history, politics,sports, or the arts.

When they found him dead, his hand was cold as lead is an example of what figurative language?

Writing that RIDICULES human weakness, vice, or folly inorder to bring about social reform.

A feeling of growing TENSION and EXCITEMENT that builds the story’s outcome.

The act of REPEATING words or phrases for dramatic effect.

The fly buzzed by is an example of what figurative language?

An event or result that is the OPPOSITE of what is expected or appropriate for the situation.

Word or phrase which means something DIFFERENT from what it says.

 The use of HINTS or CLUES to suggest what will happen later in the story.

 A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing BECOMES another.

Play on multiple MEANINGS of a word or on 2 words that sound alike and have different meanings.

EXAGGERATED statements or claims not meant to betaken literally.

The act of giving HUMAN qualities to something that is not human. 

 Distinctive WORDS and/or speech PATTERNS used by definable groups of people.

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain is an example of what figurative language? 

The ATTITUDE a writer takes toward the reader, asubject, or a character.

Person, place, thing, or event that STANDS for itself and for something beyond itself.

The repetition of similar CONSONANT sounds within a phrase or sentence.

Use of a word whose SOUND imitates or suggests its meaning.