figuratuve language

Question 1

cliche

Answer 1

overused expression

Question 2

idiom

Answer 2

expression that is metaphor but does not have a negative look on it

Question 3

apostrophe

Answer 3

a writer or speaker, using apostrophe, speaks directly to someone who is not present or dead, or speaks to an inanimate object

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

human characteristics to non-human things

Question 5

paradox

Answer 5

a statement or phrase that seems contradictory but is actually true

Question 6

oxymoron

Answer 6

a two worded paradox

Question 7

metaphor/similie/analogy

Answer 7

comparisons

an analogy is similar to metaphors and similie, but more complex and extends the comparison in such a way that the two ideas of objects being discussed might be alike in so many ways that the comparison can be expanded to other areas

Question 8

analogy

Answer 8

an extended metaphor

Question 9

synecdoche

Answer 9

refers to the whole of a thing by the name of any one of its party

Question 10

metonymy

Answer 10

talking about something closely related to the thing

double purpose: breaks up awkwardness and repetition and adds flavor to the writing

Question 11

understatement (or meiosis)/euphemism/hyperbole

Answer 11

all three of these involve making an idea smaller or larger for effect

Question 12

understatement (or meiosis)

Answer 12

describes something as less than it is

Question 13

euphemism

Answer 13

softens meaning

Question 14

hyperbole

Answer 14

does the oppsite of understatements and euphemisms, it exaggerates

Question 15

juxtaposition/antithesis/litotes

Answer 15

these devices are syntactical as well as figurative; they involve placement of words side-by-side

juxtapositions are the placements of two contrasting objects, images, or ideas so that their differences are emphasized

antithesis: two ideas put next to each other for effect

Question 16

juxtaposition

Answer 16

the placement of two contrasting objects, images, or ideas together so that their differences are emphasized

Question 17

litote

Answer 17

a figure of speech that uses understatements to emphasize a point by starting a negative to further affirm a positive; often incorporating double negatives for effect

Question 18

yogiism

Answer 18

on the surface, it’s logical, but it makes an odd sort of sense

Question 19

allusions

Answer 19

a direct ir indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art; allusions can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical; allusions contextualize and provide deeper meaning by relating ideas