Figurative Language Review

Words that begin with the same consonant sound and are adjacent or closely connected.

• Apostrophe

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Imagery

A reference to a well-known person, place, or event in history, pop culture, politics, literature, etc.

• Apostrophe

• Anaphora

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

In literature, ________ is used when the speaker addresses someone who is not there, someone who is dead, an inanimate object, or an abstract idea.

• Apostrophe

• Alliteration

• Synecdoche

• Metaphor

An implicit, implied, or even hidden comparison between two unrelated items that share some characteristics in common

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Irony

  Which of these is a type of metonymy where a part of some object, person, etc. is used to reference the whole object, person, etc.

• Idiom

• Apostrophe

• Synecdoche

• Juxtaposition

A difference between expectation and reality.

• Situational Irony

• Cosmic Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

  Which of the following is something (an object, color, or action) that represents an idea and gives it a different meaning that is more complex, deeper, and more significant.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metonomy

A phrase or expression that has a meaning other than the literal meaning and is hard to understand if you are not from the same country or region where it is commonly used.

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

"Her laughter was music to anyone around her" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Oxymoron

Buzz, splash, bam, pow, or animal sounds like: moo, neigh, meow, oink are examples of what type of figurative language?

• Synechdoche

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Onomatopoeia