A word or phrase used in place of another to literally represent a likeness or analogy between the two.
Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Lesa Miller
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Allusion
Simile
Metaphor
Apostrophe
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman or nonliving thing.
Allegory
Persona
Allusion
Personification
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An overexaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Paradox
Oxymoron
Apostrophe
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing, or to a part of another text.
Allegory
Apostrophe
Aphorism
Allusion
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.
Oxymoron
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The same letter or sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
Rhyme
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Whenever a person says or does something that departs from what they (or we) expect them to say or do.
Hyperbole
Paradox
Oxymoron
Irony
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