Alliteration

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

repeating of consonant sounds next to each other. e.g She sells seashells by the seashore

Question 2

Antithesis

Answer 2

places opposite words and ideas next to each other

Question 3

Apostrophe

Answer 3

is addressing something thats not present or cannot respond.

Question 4

circumlocution

Answer 4

Use purposely wordy description

Question 5

Epigram

Answer 5

clever or memorable statement

Question 6

euphemism

Answer 6

way to say something in an understandable manner, mainly topics that are difficult to comprehend

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

Deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, and urgency to a statement

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

the situation that subverts a reader’s expectation

Question 9

Litotes

Answer 9

double negative to create a positive
e.g this is a not uncommon situation

Question 10

Metaphor

Answer 10

direct comparison of dissimilar things to create a vivid understanding

Question 11

metonymy

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

Question 13

Oxymoron

Question 14

paradox

Answer 14

statement that contradicts itself but contains some truth

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

giving attributes of a living thing to a non-living thing

Question 16

Pleonasm

Answer 16

Use of extra unnecessary words. e.g. the campfire kept the campers warm.

Question 17

Pun

Answer 17

wordplay that substitutes a word sounding similar but with a different meaning

Question 18

Simile

Answer 18

compares two similar things using as. as red as a tomato.

Question 19

Synecdoche

Answer 19

when a smaller unit used to signify a larger unit or vice-versa

Question 20

Understatement

Answer 20

trying to downplay a situation