English Figure Of Speech

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

a series of words beginning with the same consonant sound

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

repeating a specific word or phrase at the beginning of a line or passage

Question 3

Antanaclasis

Answer 3

a single word or phrase is repeated, but in two different senses

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

two opposite ideas put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

Question 5

Apostrophe

Answer 5

Speaking directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or to an inanimate object

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

repetition of vowel sounds

Question 7

Chiasmus

Answer 7

two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures

Question 8

Consonance

Answer 8

the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text

Question 9

Euphemism

Answer 9

to replace phrasing that would otherwise be considered harsh, impolite, or unpleasant

Question 10

Hyperbaton

Answer 10

inversion in the arrangement of common words

Question 11

Hyperbole

Answer 11

deliberate exaggeration

Question 12

Litotes

Answer 12

a form of understatement using negation

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

implicit comparisons without the express use of “like” or “as.

Question 14

Metonymy

Answer 14

one object or idea takes the place of another with which it has a close association

Question 15

Onomatopoeia

Answer 15

a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing

Question 16

Oxymoron

Answer 16

pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.

Question 17

Paradox

Answer 17

a statement that appears at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense

Question 18

Parallelism

Answer 18

repetition of grammatical elements

Question 19

Personification

Answer 19

an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings

Question 20

Pun

Answer 20

Play on word

Question 21

Rhetorical question

Answer 21

question asked just for effect when no real answer is expected

Question 22

Sibilance

Answer 22

a specific type of alliteration that uses the soft consonants - s, with sh, ch, and th, z, x, f an soft c

Question 23

Simile

Answer 23

two dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as”

Question 24

Synecdoche

Answer 24

a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa

Question 25

Tautology

Answer 25

repetitive use of phrases or words that have similar meanings

Question 26

Understatement

Answer 26

intentionally making a situation seem less important than it really is.

Question 27

Zeugma

Answer 27

A word, often a verb or an adjective, applying to more than one noun, blending logically different ideas