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Figurative Language
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Question | Answer |
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The wind howled through the crack's of the open walls. | Imagery: the use of language to represent sensory experience |
She was as beautiful as a rose. | Simile: a comparison using like or as |
"All the world's a stage" - William Shakespeare | Metaphor: a comparison not using like or as; states that something is the other |
The willows danced to the beat of the wind. | Personification: figure of speech where nonhuman things are given human qualities. |
The scarlet letter that Hester Prynne wore represented an unforgivable crime she committed. | Symbolism: when one object is used in place of another; an object that represents a greater, abstract, universal idea. |
"I am positive that it will all work out," she said as she rolled her eyes. | Irony: figure of speech in which what is happening or being spoken is done so to mean the exact opposite of it's literal meaning. |
The child is father of the man. | Paradox: statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements that upon closer inspection might have a deeper connection. |
Milk curdled at the sound of her voice. | Hyperbole: an exaggeration or intentional overstatement often used for dramatic effect. |
"I think I know enough of hate/ To say that for destruction ice/ Is also great/ And would suffice." - Robert Frost | Understatement: figure of speech in which a poet deliberately makes something seem less important or serious than it truly is. |
"Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own." - Lorenz Hart | Apostrophe: literary technique in which an abstract concept, an important object or an absent person are addressed directly by the speaker or poet. |
the White House = the President | Metonymy: Figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. |