Figurative Language Flashcards

(52 cards)

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Simile

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A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

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Metaphor

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A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another thing

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Personification

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Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object

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Hyperbole

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An exaggeration, usually used for dramatic effect or to make people laugh

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5
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I could sleep forever

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Hyperbole

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I have a ton of homework

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Hyperbole

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7
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I was dying of laughter

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 hyperbole

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8
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The wind howled

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Personification

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9
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The camera loves her

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Personification

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10
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The sun smiled at them

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Personification

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11
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As quiet as a mouse

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Simile

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12
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Fast as a cheetah

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Simile

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13
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As light as a feather

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Simile

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14
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Classroom was a zoo

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Metaphor

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She’s a busy bee

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Metaphor

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Assonance

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The sounds at the end of the words are the same. Example: Sue likes the color blue as much as you do. 

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Alliteration

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The beginning letter is the same in a couple of the words in the sentence. Example: Nate never neglect his neighbors.

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Onomatopoeia

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This is the word of sounds. Example: the bees buzzed noisily.

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Sound device

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Techniques, authors or poets, use to draw readers attention or to emphasize a certain image idea or line

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Sensory words and imagery

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Words, authors, used to appeal to reader senses, and help them feel what the characters feel. Example: Kayden had a throbbing headache.

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Idiom

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An expression that means something different from the meanings of its individual words. Example: you nailed it.

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Adage/proverb

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A short comment or very old statement that expresses a general truth or gives advice. Example: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. 

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Pun

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A play on words that uses two words that sound alike or different meanings of the same word to make a funny statement. Example: I took my banana to the doctor because it wasn’t peeling well.

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Script

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The text of the play

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Cast of characters
All of the characters usually portrayed by actors
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Narrator
The person who tells what happens during the play
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Setting
The time and place in the play
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Act
A chapter in a play that contains more than one scene
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SCENE
The action that takes place in a single setting
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Dialogue
The word said by the characters
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Stage directions
Written instructions telling the actors what to do
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Character tags
Labels before lines of dialogue to show which character is speaking
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Conflict
The main problem that the characters face
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Resolution
How the conflict or problem is solved
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Events
Things that happen in the story to change a character to affect the mood and to build the plot
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Antonym
A word that is opposite and meaning to another word
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Synonym
A word that means the same are almost the same as another word
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Common noun
A general person place or thing
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Proper noun
A particular person place or thing
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Diane Winborn Elementary
Proper Noun
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boy, street, school 
Common nouns
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Shanti, Altitude, Winborn
Proper nouns
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Initials
The first letter of each important word
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Acronym
If a name made from initials can be read as a word
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Abbreviation
A shortened form of a word
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Acronym
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Dr.
Abbreviation
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Singular noun
A noun that names only one person place or thing
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Plural nouns
A noun that names more than one person place or thing
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collective noun
Names a group of people, animals or things that act as a unit
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Basket, Coach, game, Sister
Singular noun
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Baskets, sisters, games, animals
Plural nouns