figurative language

Question 1

simile

Answer 1

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Question 2

analogy

Answer 2

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Question 4

catachresis

Answer 4

he use of a word in a way that is not correct

Question 5

metonymy

Answer 5

the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.

Question 6

synecdoche

Answer 6

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs

Question 7

personification

Answer 7

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 8

allusion

Answer 8

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 9

eponym

Answer 9

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.

Question 10

apostrophe

Answer 10

a punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicate either possession

Question 11

transferred epithet

Answer 11

Transferred epithet is when an adjective usually used to describe one thing is transferred to another.

Question 12

conceit

Answer 12

a fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor.
“the idea of the wind’s singing is a prime romantic conceit”