Figurative language

Question 1

Idiom

Answer 1

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

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 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

Alliteration

Answer 4

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Imagery

Answer 6

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 8

Symbolism

Answer 8

the idea that things represent other things.

Question 9

Pun

Answer 9

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.

Question 10

Onomanopea

Answer 10

a literary device that uses words that sound like the sounds they describe

Question 11

Personification

Answer 11

a literary device that gives human qualities to non-human things