ENGLISH: Figures of Speech

Question 1

Her hands are cold as ice.

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

She is not unlike her mother

Answer 2

Litotes

Question 3

This job is going to take me forever

Answer 3

Hyperbole

Question 4

The mountain peak was a crown in the sky.

Answer 4

Metaphor

Question 5

It is the combination of two mutually contradictory words in a case where the contradiction is apparent only, the two ideas being realized.

Answer 5

Oxymoron

Question 6

I was dying of laughter

Answer 6

Hyperbole

Question 7

It was not unlike my dream

Answer 7

Litotes

Question 8

His voice was a gentle breeze, soothing and calming.

Answer 8

Metaphor

Question 9

A positive understatement intended to suggest a strong affirmative.

Answer 9

Meiosis

Question 10

The car engine roared like a fierce lion

Answer 10

Simile

Question 11

Life is a roller coaster with its ups and downs.

Answer 11

Metaphor

Question 12

The student teacher explained how to solve.

Answer 12

Oxymoron

Question 13

The ice cream melted like snow on a sunny day.

Answer 13

Simile

Question 14

Yesterday, the angry sky roared and threw lightning around.

Answer 14

Personification

Question 15

It is seemingly contradictory but true statement.

Answer 15

Paradox

Question 16

A small crowd gathered to watch the concert.

Answer 16

Oxymoron

Question 17

The delicious smell of cookies pulled me to the kitchen.

Answer 17

Personification

Question 18

The concert was a bit loud

Answer 18

Meiosis

Question 19

I can see that the news travels quickly.

Answer 19

Personification

Question 20

Oh, Death! where is thy sting?

Answer 20

Apostrophe

Question 21

A repeating words, or phrases, or whole constructions in order to intensify feeling or meaning

Answer 21

Repetition

Question 22

Where are thy charms, O solitude?

Answer 22

Apostrophe

Question 24

Little lamb, who made thee?

Answer 24

Apostrophe

Question 25

To my dog, our neighborhood park is the garden of Eden.

Answer 25

Allusion

Question 26

We laugh and cried through the tragic comedy.

Answer 26

Oxymoron

Question 27

Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the stars look they're not shining

Answer 27

Repetition

Question 28

He's the Einstein of our class.

Answer 28

Allusion

Question 29

What kind of irony is this? In "Saving Private Ryan", the group of soldiers were hopeless they could find Private James Ryan alive, but the audience knew from the start that Private Ryan went on to live until his later years.

Answer 29

Dramatic Irony

Question 30

My father is the king of my family.

Answer 30

Allusion

Question 31

I'm a bit sad because my cat died yesterday.

Answer 31

Meiosis

Question 32

Figures of Speech under Resemblance

Answer 32

Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Apostrophe, Allusion.

Question 33

It's okay not to be okay

Answer 33

Repetition

Question 34

A word or phrase that is used in a non-literal way to create an effect.

Answer 34

Figures of speech

Question 35

What kind of Irony is this? The police station gets robbed.

Answer 35

Situational Irony

Question 36

It is a stated comparison between to things that are actually unlike but have something in common. It uses words like, as, resemble, or similar to.

Answer 36

Simile

Question 37

Class was delayed because of few snowflakes

Answer 37

Meiosis

Question 38

It makes a direct comparison of two unlike things that have something in common. It does not use words like, as, resemble, or similar to.

Answer 38

Metaphor

Question 39

The soup was stirred and stirred until thickened

Answer 39

Repetition

Question 40

A mild negative understatement intended to suggest a strong affirmative

Answer 40

Litotes

Question 41

It gives human qualities to an object , an animal or an idea. It enable readers to see ordinary things in a new and interesting way.

Answer 41

Personification

Question 42

What are the three kinds of Irony

Answer 42

Verbal, situational and dramatic

Question 43

It addresses personified object as real persons, the absent as if they were present, and the dead as if they were alive or present.

Answer 43

Apostrophe

Question 44

It is the reference in a work of literature to another work of literature, or to a well-known person, place or event outside of literature.

Answer 44

Allusion

Question 45

Figures of Speech under Emphasis

Answer 45

Hyperbole, Meiosis, Litotes, Repetition

Question 46

What kind of irony is this? saying "Oh, fantastic!" when the situation is really bad

Answer 46

Verbal Irony

Question 47

It exaggerates an idea so vividly that the reader has an instant picture.

Answer 47

Hyperbole

Question 48

She is not unattractive

Answer 48

Litotes

Question 49

Figures of Speech under Parallelism and/or contrast

Answer 49

Irony, Oxymoron and Paradox

Question 50

I have a hundred and one things to do today

Answer 50

Hyperbole

Question 51

It is the general name given to literary techniques that involve differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, meaning and intension.

Answer 51

Irony