Figurative Language - Creative Writing

What is a metaphor?

• An imaginative comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

• An imaginative comparison between two similar things

• A symbol that appears throughout a literary work

• Giving human characteristics to a non-human object or idea

Which two words could you use when you create a simile?

• SUCH or LIKE

• SO or AS

• LIKE or AND

• LIKE or AS

What is an allusion?

• A magic trick :)

• A reference to something with literary, cultural or historical significance.

• An imaginative comparison to two similar things.

• A word or phrase that is understood to mean something different than what is explicitly said

"She's as clever as a fox" is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Idiom

"Dying is a wild night and a new road" is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Idiom

The embodiment of Death in Poe's "Masque of the Red Death" is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

• Personification

"That line is a million miles long!" is an example of...

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

"The Crown extends an invitation..." The Crown represents a monarch. This is an example of...

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Metaphor

• Personification

"Easy there, Romeo..." Is an example of...

• Allusion

• Idiom

• Metonymy

• Metaphor

"It's like comparing apples to oranges" is an example of...

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom