FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

WHAT IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

• IDIOM

• HYPERBOLE

• COMPLEX SENTENCING

• ONOMATOPOEIA

WHICH OF THESE FIGURATIVE DEVICES HELP THE READER UNDERSTAND A CETAIN TOPIC IN CONTRASTING/OTHER WAYS?

• SIMILIES

• PERSONIFICATION

• METAPHOR

• IDIOM

WHAT IS ONOMATOPOEIA?

• THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS FELT

• THE USAGE OF THE 5 SENSES TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING

• THE USE OF SOUND TO ENHANCE THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE TEXT

• THE USE OF SOUND WRITTEN IN SPEECH MARK

EHAT IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF PERSONIFICATION

• THE WAVES TRPEED ON THE ROCKS AND CRACHED ON THE SAND

• THE TREES WAVED AT THE SKY, FOLLOWING THE WIND

• THE WIND HOWELED AND CRASHED AGAINST THE WINDOWS OF HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE

• THE LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TREES, LEAVING THEM ON FIRE.

HYPERBOLE IS THE USE OF...

A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT USES "LIKE" OR "AS" TO COMPARE TO DISSIMILAR THINGS IS CALLED:

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

• PERSONIFICATION

• HYPERBOLE

SALLY SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

• IDIOM

• ALTERNATION

• SIMILE

• ALLITERATION

THE TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT HAS A SPECIAL MEANING DIFFERENT FROM THE ACTUAL MEANING IS CALLED:

• IDIOM

• TEXT STRUCTURE

• EXPRESSION

• METAPHOR

IMAGERY IS...

• WHEN THE WRITER USES DESCRIPTIVE/FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TO PAINT A PICTURE.

• WHEN THE WRITER USES DESCRIPTIVE/FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TO MAKE THE READER FEEL LIKE PAINTING/DRAWING A PICTURE

• WHEN THE WRITER USES DESCRIPTIVE/FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE TO CREATE A VIVID PICTURE IN THE READERS' HEAD.

• WHEN THE WRITER DRAWS A PICTURE IN THE EXTRACT