Figure of speech

Question 1

Direct comparison using like or as

Answer 1

Simile

Question 1

Comparison without like or as

Answer 1

Metaphor

Question 2

Giving inanimate objects or abstract ideas human qualities

Answer 2

Personification

Question 3

Addressing an inanimate object or person who is no longer living as if they were alive

Answer 3

Apostrophe

Question 4

Either direct or indirect referral to a particular aspect

Answer 4

Allusion

Question 5

Repetition of constant sounds

Answer 5

Alliteration

Question 6

Repetition of vowel sounds

Answer 6

Assonance

Question 7

A mimic of what real life sounds would be written as on paper

Answer 7

Onomatopoeia

Question 8

Depends on sounds and its use of effect, where they sound the same

Answer 8

Rhyme

Question 9

Compares and contradicts ideas

Answer 9

Antithesis

Question 10

Placing two seemingly contradictory words along side

Answer 10

Oxymoron

Question 11

Seemingly absurd, contradictory statements (extended oxymoron)

Answer 11

Paradox

Question 12

Implies opposite of what is said

Answer 12

Irony

Question 13

Something else intended rather than what was actually said, used to express a purpose of hurting someone

Answer 13

Sarcasm

Question 14

Sharp wit, irony or sarcasm sued to highlight, expose or ridicule human, social or political stupidness

Answer 14

Satire

Question 15

Imitation or exaggeration of other text types in order to satirise or create humor

Answer 15

Parody

Question 16

A thing made for a specific audience that is used in a different context for another

Answer 16

Appropriation

Question 17

Brief pointed statement which contain humor or irony with a deeper underlying meaning

Answer 17

Epigram

Question 18

Over-exaggeration made for humor or emphasis

Answer 18

Hyperbole

Question 19

A negative+ an opposite to understate what is intended

Answer 19

Litotes

Question 20

Expresses unpleasant or uncomfortable to make it appear more pleasing to the ear

Answer 20

Euphemism

Question 21

A disapproving remark which hints at something without stating directly

Answer 21

Innuendo

Question 22

A build up of ascending ideas to heighten tension

Answer 22

Climax

Question 23

Build up of ascending ideas but heighten tension but finish the climax off with an unexpected finale

Answer 23

Anti-Climax

Question 24

Clever play on words usually with double meaning, intended for humor

Answer 24

Puns

Question 25

A question that expects no answer

Answer 25

Rhetorical questions

Question 26

A party used to describe a whole or whole used to describe a party

Answer 26

Synecdoche

Question 27

Something associated with the object represents the object

Answer 27

Metonymy

Question 28

Unintentional use of incorrect, similar sounding words

Answer 28

Malapropism

Question 29

Transposition or the mixing up of the initial sounds of spoken words

Answer 29

Spoonerism