Figurative Language Definitions

The difference between personification and anthropomorphism is:

• Personification essentially turns an animal or inanimate object into a human like being that can reason, think and talk while anthropomorphism is to give an animal or inanimate object a simple human quality.

• Anthropomorphism essentially turns an animal or inanimate object into a human like being that can reason, think and talk while personification is to give an animal or inanimate object a simple human quality.

• There is no difference between the two. Anthropomorphism is the same as personification.

An expression using familiar phrases that are not meant to be taken literally and do not make sense outside of the historical meaning of the expression.

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Imagery

The definition of alliteration is:

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

• The repetition of vowel sounds, usually found in poetry and music.

• The repetition of the same letter or sounds at the beginning of closely connected words.

The definition of consonance is:

• A word that sounds like what it means.

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of closely connected words.

The definition of assonance is:

• The repetition of vowel sounds, usually found in poetry and music.

• Applying human behaviors to animals, objects, or nonhuman entities.

• Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of closely connected words.

The difference between irony, paradox and oxymoron is as follows:

• They are all the same thing.

• Irony is a figure of speech in which we say the opposite of what we mean, paradox is a statement which contradicts itself to the point of being unable to be true, and an oxymoron combines two contradictory terms such as 'deafening silence'.

• Paradox combines two contradictory terms together to emphasize difference, oxymoron is is a figure of speech in which we say the opposite of what we mean and irony is a statement which contradicts itself to the point of being unable to be true.

• Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which we say the opposite of what we mean, Irony is a statement which contradicts itself to the point of being unable to be true, and paradox combines two contradictory terms such as 'deafening silence'.

Description that creates a strong sense of familiarity through the senses is what?

• Symbolism

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Imagery

The use of representation (something representing an idea, belief, or setting) in literature is what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Representation

• Simile

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A simile is what?

• A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".

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

• Expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.

Simile and metaphor both compare two unlike things. The difference between them is:

• A simile turns one of the unlike things into the other while a metaphor just compares them to each other using like or as.

• A metaphor turns one of the unlike things into the other while a simile just compares them to each other using like or as.