Conceptual Figures of Speech

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

non-literal comparison of 2 things not using like or as

Question 2

Metonymy

Answer 2

Using something closely identified with an object to mean the object.

Question 3

Paradox

Answer 3

An apparent contradiction that is in some sense true

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

Giving human attributes to a non-human object or process

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A non-literal comparison USING like or as

Question 6

Symbol

Answer 6

A concrete object of process that has another meaning to it

Question 7

Synecdoche

Answer 7

Using part of a something to suggest the whole object (My new wheels)

Question 8

Alliteration

Answer 8

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Repetition of internal vowel sounds

Question 10

Consonance

Answer 10

Repetition of internal consonant sounds (bad sod, fun win, big leg, sing wrong) * Can’t have repeating vowel sounds.

Question 11

Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

A word whose sound is its meaning (whoosh, bang, snap)

Question 12

Phonetic Intensive

Answer 12

A word whose sound suggests its meaning (whisper, flicker, glimmer, whoosh, cut)

Question 13

Rhyme

Answer 13

Repetition of both internal vowel and consonant sounds