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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW
Which figure of speech?
Repetition of internal vowel sounds of words that are near each other.
ASSONANCE
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Comparison of two unlike things using like, as, similar to, or resembles
SIMILE
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Addressing someone or something that is absent, abstract, or inanimate
APOSTROPHE
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Giving human characteristics that they do not possess to non-human things
PERSONIFICATION
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Placing opposites together to make the features of each seem more intense
ANTITHESIS
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Creation of words that imitate natural sounds
ONOMATOPOEIA
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Repetition of words, phrases, or sentences at the beginning of consecutive stanzas or paragraphs
ANAPHORA
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One word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
METONYMY
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Reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or idea from literature or the world
ALLUSION
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A direct comparison of two unlike things
METAPHOR
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The repetition of initial sounds of words that are near each other
ALLITERATION
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An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
HYPERBOLE
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Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words that are near each other
CONSONANCE
I walked down the trail and had a feeling that the trees were watching me.
personification
I have told you a thousand times not to play with matches.
hyperbole
He is an abrasive stone on which I can sharpen my own ideas.
metaphor
Truth is an anvil that wears out countless hammers.
metaphor
Her body jammed excruciatingly into her prison of a dress.
metaphor
Your arms, a garland around my neck entwined…
metaphor
The City of Lake Forest approved a measure to ban leaf blowers.
metonymy
The wind laughed at their attempts to catch the flying papers.
personification
Grass is nature’s blanket.
metaphor
Sail on, O ship, to bring me to England’s shore.
apostrophe
Look at the beautiful weed in my garden of daisies.
antithesis
Pink and purple posies lined the path.
alliteration
The cave resembled a large, open mouth.
simile
I would like fries with my pie.
assonance
Nature, be gentle on the lambs and beasts.
apostrophe, personification,
antithesis
The pot is boiling on the stove.
metonymy
The court ruled that the defendant was guilty.
metonymy
The blanket is as warm as a sheep’s fleece.
simile
I feel so alone, even when on a crowded elevator.
antithesis
The tennis ball whistled past my ear.
onomatopoeia
Celebration is central to Simon’s life.
alliteration
My uncle, the Grinch, ruins Christmas every year!
allusion
The red fire monster burned out of control.
metaphor
“The big kids call me Mercury cause I’m the swiftest thing in the neighborhood.”
allusion
The full moon is obscured by dusty rags of clouds.
metaphor
O Spirit, carry me away to the azure skies.
apostrophe
She was embarrassed by the rough calluses on her velvety-soft hands.
antithesismetaphor (velvet)
Sacramento passed a new law that triples the car tax.
metonymy
Parliament feels like it can raise taxes on us colonists!
metonymy
“Click-clack, click-clack,” the train comes down the track.
onomatopoeia, alliteration, consonance
Ralph heated the turkey.
metonymy
The twisting road clung for dear life to the side of the mountain.
personification
The road twists like a snake.
simile
The road snakes around the mountain.
metaphor
The car screeched around the mountain curve.
onomatopoeia
The mountain road was so long, it was summer before we reached the end!
hyperbole
The tree was so big, a whole herd of cattle wandered in and became lost.
hyperbole
As the sky darkens, bolts from an angered Zeus flash through the clouds.
allusion
