Figurative language

Question 1

direct comparison between 2 unlike things, usually with the words “like” or “as”

Answer 1

similie

Question 2

indirect comparison between 2 unlike things, dosent use the words “like” or “as”

Answer 2

metaphor

Question 3

comparison where human qualities or abilities are characterizised to objects

Answer 3

personification

Question 4

to talk to an absent or nonexsitent person, an idea, or object in a conversation

Answer 4

apostrophe

Question 5

use of exaggeration or mention of impossibillities to create emphasis

Answer 5

hyperbole

Question 6

statement that may be true but seems difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts

Answer 6

paradox

Question 7

sentence or phrase when 2 opposite words have been put together, but can still make sense

Answer 7

oxymoron

Question 8

repetition of the same sound, both vowel and consonant

mostly at the start, and is in nursery rhymes or tongue twisters

Answer 8

alliteration

Question 9

repetition of consonant sounds

usually at the end and without repetition of vowels

Answer 9

consonance

Question 10

repetition of vowel sounds

can rhyme like “bake a cake” or not rhyme, like “down and out”

Answer 10

assonance

Question 11

example

The children fight like cats and dogs.

Answer 11

simile

Question 12

example

She ran like lightning.

Answer 12

simile

Question 13

example

Life is a rollercoaster, full of ups and downs.

Answer 13

metaphor

Question 14

example

Time is money so spend it wisely.

Answer 14

metaphor

Question 15

example

Alarm clock yells

Answer 15

personification

Question 16

example

The waves beside them danced

Answer 16

personification

Question 17

example

Oh stars, won’t you dance with me

Answer 17

apostrophe

Question 18

example

Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are

Answer 18

apostrophe

Question 19

example

I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

Answer 19

hyperbole

Question 20

example

Cry me a river.

Answer 20

hyperbole

Question 21

example

The beginning of the end.

Answer 21

paradox

Question 22

example

The only rule is there are no rules.

Answer 22

paradox

Question 23

example

Awfully good

Answer 23

oxymoron

Question 24

example

Small crowd

Answer 24

oxymoron

Question 25

example

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

Answer 25

alliteration

Question 26

example

Polly’s prancing pony performed perfectly.

Answer 26

alliteration

Question 27

example

Mike likes his new bike.

Answer 27

consonance

Question 28

example

I will crawl away with the ball.

Answer 28

consonance

Question 29

example

Go slow over the road

Answer 29

assonance

Question 30

example

The light of the fire is a sight

Answer 30

assonance