What figurative language is the old clock down in the parlor?
| Question Answer | 3. The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river. metaphor | 4. Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile. alliteration | 5. The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves, simile |
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What are examples of personification?
- “The sun smiled down on us.”
- ‘The story jumped off the page.”
- “The light danced on the surface of the water.”
What is an example of a hyperbole?
Those who hear or read the hyperbole should understand that it is an exaggeration. You’ve probably heard common hyperboles in everyday conversations such as
“I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse,” “I’ve seen this movie a hundred times,” or “It cost an arm and a leg.”
What are two examples of a metaphor?
- “Bill is an early bird.”
- “Life is a highway.”
- “Her eyes were diamonds.”
What are examples of figurative language?
- The warrior has a heart of stone.
- Love is a battlefield.
- Baby, you are my sunshine.
- Chaos is a friend of the legislator.
- I am drowning in a sea of grief.
- My roommate is going through a rollercoaster of emotions.
Exist but to light your passing feet.” It is
an exaggeration
to claim that the stars exist to light a person’s steps.
Life is like a box of chocolates
: you never know which one you’re going to get. Let’s use this example to understand what a simile is: A simile is a phrase that uses a comparison to describe. For example, “life” can be described as similar to “a box of chocolates.”
| Question Answer | 1. Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action. simile | 2. Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops. onomatopoeia | 3. The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river. metaphor |
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A simile
compares two things using like or as. Ripley is as lazy as a sloth.
| A B | The door banged shut. onomatopoeia | The leaves rustled in the wind. onomatopoeia | The snake hissed at the zoo keeper. onomatopoeia | I must have told you a thousand times to remove your shoes when you come in the house. hyperbole |
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In truth, a litotes will use irony to emphasize an idea without minimizing its importance. For example, a friend might expect her roommate to talk about someone who’s obviously wealthy by saying, “He’s filthy rich.” However, when she comes out and says, “Well, he’s not exactly a pauper,” it’s a little unexpected.
Hyperbole, from a Greek word meaning ‘excess’, is
a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis
. It’s a type of figurative language.
Similes use the words like or as to compare things—“Life is like a box of chocolates.” In contrast, metaphors directly state a comparison—“Love is a battlefield.”
Here are some examples of similes and metaphors: Life is like a box of chocolates. ( Simile) My life is an open book. (
personification,
figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to an abstract quality, animal, or inanimate object
.
Figurative language makes meaning by
asking the reader or listener to understand something by virtue of its relation to some other thing, action, or image
. Figurative language can be contrasted with literal language, which describes something explicitly rather than by reference to something else.
Definition of metaphor
1 :
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
(as in drowning in money) broadly : figurative language — compare simile.
l) I should have done homework or studied instead / But I got up on the wrong side of the bed. l) Idiom (Explanation: Common expression that cannot be sensibly understood if taken literally.)
In a tongue-twister, for instance, assonance and consonance are used heavily to create a phrase that is hard to say or repeat. For example:
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
Terms in this set (10) Which sentence contains
a simile
? Love is a thrill ride.
