Figurative Language

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Figurative language for sensory perceptions

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Overstatement or Exaggeration

Question 3

Understatement

Answer 3

Make facts seem less significant than truth

Question 4

Simile

Answer 4

Comparison bet unlike obj; with like or as

Question 5

Metaphor

Answer 5

Simile without like or as

Question 6

Extended Metaphor

Answer 6

Metaphor longer than 1 phrase or sentence[add sub abt not using]

Question 7

Symbolism

Answer 7

Concrete object represented by abstract idea

Question 8

Personification

Answer 8

Figurative device: give inanimate things thoughts, feelings, or actions of human

Question 9

Circumlocution

Answer 9

1. Talk around subject(More important)
2. Talk around word

Question 10

Euphemism

Answer 10

Word or words to avoid using unpleasant or offensive term

Question 11

Paradox

Answer 11

Two elements/ideas which cannot both be true at the same time

Question 12

Rhetorical Question

Answer 12

Question with obvious answer(no need to answer)

Question 13

Irony

Answer 13

Relation between text and audiences expectations(opposite)

Question 14

Verbal Irony

Answer 14

Stating something but meaning opposite of stated[common saying/situation/emotional exp to build audience expectation]

Question 15

Sarcasm

Answer 15

Verbal Irony with intent to injure

Question 16

Situational Irony

Answer 16

Circumstance that runs contrary to what was expected

Question 17

Satire

Answer 17

Smth portrayed in a way that’s deliberately distorted to achieve comic effect

Question 18

Parody

Answer 18

Imitation for comedic effect

Question 19

Lampoon

Answer 19

Sharp ridicule of the behavior or character of a person or institution

Question 20

Caricature

Answer 20

A ludicrous exaggeration of the defects of persons or things

Question 21

Style

Answer 21

General manner of expression used in a text

Question 22

Tone

Answer 22

The speaker’s attitude toward the subject

Question 23

Mood

Answer 23

How the test makes the audience feel

Question 24

Nihilism

Answer 24

Belief in nothing

Question 25

Logos

Answer 25

Reason/Logic

Question 26

Ethos

Answer 26

Credibility

Question 27

Pathos

Answer 27

Emotions, values, desires of audience