figurative language

Question 1

a contradicting statement to itself that includes a hidden truth

Answer 1

paradox

Question 2

making something big and important seem less important/smaller

Answer 2

understatement

Question 3

the use of words to convey the opposite of the literal meaning

Answer 3

irony

Question 4

used to address some absent person or things, some abstract quality as if they are present

Answer 4

apostrophe

Question 5

direct comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as”

Answer 5

simile

Question 6

comparison between two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as”

Answer 6

metaphor

Question 7

contradicting terms appear side by side

Answer 7

oxymoron

Question 8

words that imitate sounds of nature

Answer 8

onomatopoeia

Question 9

a brief or indirect reference to a noun or historical, cultural, literacy, or political significance

Answer 9

allusion

Question 10

an extravagant statement that exaggerated a statement to emphasize it

Answer 10

hyperbole

Question 11

when the first sounds of a sentence sound similar

Answer 11

alliteration

Question 12

when consonants repeat in the middle or end of words (all letters except a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y)

Answer 12

consonance

Question 13

repeating a word or a phrase for emphasis or effect

Answer 13

repetition

Question 14

a statement that explains something in-depth to appeal to a person’s senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell)

Answer 14

imagery

Question 15

words are arranged in a way to create a pattern or beat

Answer 15

rhythm

Question 16

an expression that is used as an analogy and means something else

Answer 16

idiom

Question 17

made of verbs but functions as a noun. can be used as a subject, object, objection of a preposition, or subject complement

Answer 17

gerund

Question 18

describing a non-human object or animal and giving it human-like qualities

Answer 18

personification

Question 19

a vowel sound that appears multiple times at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase

Answer 19

assonance

Question 20

“all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”

Answer 20

paradox

Question 21

“this exam is easy, i just can’t do more than half of the questions”

Answer 21

understatement

Question 22

three types - situational, dramatic verbal
“the pilot has a fear of heights”

Answer 22

irony

Question 23

“life, i cannot understand you”

Answer 23

apostrophe

Question 24

“her beauty is like a rose”

Answer 24

simile

Question 25

“her mind is a sponge”

Answer 25

metaphor

Question 26

“bittersweet”

Answer 26

oxymoron

Question 27

“tick-tock, the mouse went up the clock”

Answer 27

onomatopoeia

Question 28

“i wish i could just click my heels and be back home”

Answer 28

allusion

Question 29

“i will wait for you forever”

Answer 29

hyperbole

Question 30

“peter piper picked a pickled pepper”

Answer 30

alliteration

Question 31

“mammals named sam are clammy”

Answer 31

consonance

Question 32

“nobody, no nobody, can make it out here alone, alone, all alone”

Answer 32

repetition

Question 33

“the scent of lavender wavered around the small brown straw hut”

Answer 33

imagery

Question 34

“he awoke with a fright, in the middle of the night”

Answer 34

rhythm

Question 35

“it’s raining cats and dogs”

Answer 35

idiom

Question 36

“apologizing to me isn’t enough this time”

Answer 36

gerund

Question 37

“the story jumped off the page”

Answer 37

personification

Question 38

“his tender heir might bear his memory”

Answer 38

assonance