English, Figurative Language

Give type of figurative language and explain: Don't be a Grinch; just please help me decorate the Christmas tree.

Allusion, the Grinch is a fictional character known for his unenthusiastic attitude on Christmas.

Give type of figurative language and explain: My sister is always borrowing clothes without asking.

Euphemism, the sister would be stealing clothes.

Give type of figurative language and explain: My sister's brain is the size of a pea.

Hyperbole, it is impossible to have a brain the size of a pea.

Give type of figurative language and explain: The Pentagon has released a statement this morning.

Metonymy, the "Pentagon" refers to the people within the Pentagon.

Give type of figurative language and explain: a deafening silence

Oxymoron, "deafening" and "silence" are two seemingly contradictory terms appearing next to each other.

Give type of figurative language and explain: There is nobody poorer than a rich man.

Paradox, you can be rich financially, but you can be poor in everything else.

Give type of figurative language and explain: In the moonlight, the waves dance & play with the shore.

Personification, the waves and the shore are given the human characteristics of waving, dancing, & playing

Give type of figurative language and explain: What do you call a cheese which is not yours? Nacho cheese.

Pun, the punning words, "nacho" and "cheese," can be referred to as "not your cheese" or the actual snack containing cheese, nacho cheese

Give type of figurative language and explain: She swims like a fish.

Simile, she is a great swimmer.

Give type of figurative language and explain: Those are some nice threads you are wearing.

Synecdoche, "threads" refers to the individual threads that the clothes are made up of.

paradox (give the definition and an example)

a statement that appears contradictory but makes sense (ex: All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.)

analogy (give the definition and an example)

comparison between two things to show how they are alike (ex: Day is to sun as night is to moon.)

simile (give the definition and an example)

comparison with "like," "as," or "resembles" (ex: Clean as a whistle)

metaphor (give the definition and an example)

comparison without "like," "as," or "resembles" (ex: You are my sunshine.)

anthropomorphism (give the definition and an example)

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas (ex: Zootopia)

personification (give the definition and an example)

giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas for imagery (ex: Opportunity was knocking on my door. )

understatement (give the definition and an example)

minimizing the significance of something [ex: It's a little cold (-5 degrees outside.)]

hyperbole (give the definition and an example)

outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point (ex: I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.)

pun (give the definition and an example)

play on words which usually hinges on a word with more than one meaning (ex: I'm reading a book on gravity that's impossible to put down.)

allusion (give the definition and an example)

referencing another object outside of the work of literature (ex: Taylor Swift's "Love Story": You were Romeo, I was the Scarlet Letter, and my Daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet.")

idiom (give the definition and an example)

saying or phrase in a culture that has a meaning different from the original, literal meaning (ex: It costs an arm and a leg.)

metonymy (give the definition and an example)

using a physical object to indicate a larger idea [ex: We need to wait for Washington's response before we write the article (Washington being the government).]

oxymoron (give the definition and an example)

using two seemingly contradictory words next to one another (ex: Jumbo shrimp)