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Davis: Fig Lang 2
fig lang terms, definitions and examples
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| simile | comparing two different things, based on some shared trait, behavior or characteristics, using the words 'like' or 'as' |
| simile | "summer light is halved like a tomato / its juice runs through the streets" |
| simile | not a simple description, like "The trash smells like fish" or an interjection, "That was, like, crazy." |
| simile | "her smile, bright as a clear moon on a dark night, lit up the room" |
| alliteration | the pattern of repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word |
| alliteration | /d/- "Hopeless drops droop from his droopy lips" |
| alliteration | /w/- "Our hair was shoulder length / wild when the wind picked up..." |
| allusion | a reference to a historical or literary person, place thing or event that shows up in a text |
| allusion | Finishing my math homework will be a Herculean task. |
| allusion | "Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, so dawn goes down to day." |
| assonance | the pattern of repeating a vowel sound at the beginning, middle or end of words |
| assonance | /ee/- "the wheeler-dealer who buys and sells land" |
| assonance | /ay/- "...can't come out to play / sleeps in his room all day / who used to laugh like the letter k..." |
| consonance | the pattern of repeating consonant sounds in the middle and at the end of words |
| consonance | /w/- "the heavy sun wanders westward / on yellow circus wagons" |
| hyperbole | a heightened exaggeration to create emphasis, humor or other emotion |
| hyperbole | "The Moose turns, dragging half the lake out after him" |
| metaphor | comparing two different things, based on some shared trait, behavior or characteristics... but without using the words 'like' or 'as' |
| metaphor | can be indirect or vague: "He tries to think, / leaning his huge weight / on the lectern of his legs" |
| metaphor | can be direct or explicit: "you ARE a four pronged magic wand, / waving... in all directions at once" |
| metaphor | "his shoes, twin pets / that snuggle his toes" |
| personification | giving an inhuman object, animal or thing human qualities, emotions and intentions |
| personification | "the tomato invades the kitchen / it enters at lunchtime" |
| personification | "in the town's graveyard / the oldest plot now frees itself of sorrow" |
| imagery | words or phrases that tap into vivid sensory experiences, appealing to our senses of touch, taste, hearing, smell and sight |
| imagery | "Horseback on Sunday morning, / harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape / sharp sweet tang of summer's end" |
| allusion | She has a great mind for business, she has the Midas touch with startups! |
| idiom | an expression that people within a culture understand figuratively, not literally (because it wouldn't make sense); "The words are on the tip of my tongue." |
| idiom | It cost me an arm and a leg to score those Imagine Dragons tickets! |
| idiom | When my friend wanted to cheat off me, I was between a rock and a hard place. |
| idiom | It really burns me up when people aren't grateful for what they have! |
| allusion | Letting your friends play Cupid and set you up on a blind date can be a mistake! |
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