Terms are listed below. Choose 10:
Allusion: Referring to something historical or famous
Ex: Their love was Shakespearean.
Innuendo: A seemingly innocent phrase that means something more scandalous
Ex. You've got snowflakes on your nose.... has been used as a drug reference
Paradox: A phrase that seems impossible but rings true
Ex. Alone in a crowded room
Oxymoron: A pair of words that are opposite in meaning but when put together have a unified significance
Ex. Pretty ugly, seriously funny
Pun: A play on words... A word used but indicating a different meaning.
Ex: Babe Ruth.... died by playing the field.... playing the field is a term used to mean dating around, but Babe Ruth was a baseball player who played the outfield
Simile: A comparison using like or as… Your smile is like the sun and as bright as a summer’s day.
Metaphor: A direct comparison… Your smile is a bright summer’s day.
Alliteration: Your smile sings sweet, summery songs.
Personification: Giving life-like characteristics to non-living things
My alarm clock was screaming at me this morning.
Idioms: The “meaning” of the phrase is very different from the words themselves
Not the sharpest tool in the shed… It really means, you are not very smart.
Hyperbole: Exaggeration to emphasize a point
I have a million things to do today.
Euphemism: A nicer way to say something that is often seen as negative or offensive
You are vertically challenged… It really means you are short
Imagery: Any description that appeals to your 5 senses
The mist in the air was a welcome relief to the sweltering and suffocating heat of the early August morning.
Antithesis: Opposite statements side by side with similar parallel structure
It is not that I dislike school, it is that I like skipping school more.
