Figure Of Speech 2

Question 1

Involves a comparison between two relatively unlike things without the use of “like” or “as”.

Answer 1

METAPHOR

Question 2

Which a word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it.

Answer 2

METONYMY

Question 3

The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Ex. “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.” The firecracker made a loud ka-boom!
Both bees and buzzers buzz. The bird’s chirp filled the empty night air.

Answer 3

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 4

figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. Ex. “A yawn may be defined as a silent yell.” “O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!”

Answer 4

OXYMORON

Question 5

Contrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. It is a statement that appears to be self contradictory. Ex. “War is peace.” “Freedom is

Answer 5

PARADOX

Question 6

figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
Ex. The stars danced playfully in themoonlit sky.
The run down house appeareddepressed.
The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door.
PUN - A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word

Answer 6

PERSONIFICATION

Question 7

play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
Ex. “When it rains, it pours.”

Answer 7

PUN

Question 8

A stated comparison (usually formed with “like” or “as”) between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
Ex. My love is like a red, red rose.
You were as brave as a lion.
They fought like cats and dogs.
He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.
He is skinny like a toothpick.

Answer 8

SIMILE

Question 9

A figure of speech is which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it.
Ex. “His parents bought him a new set of wheels.”, “Hey men, good threads.”, “Take your face out.”

Answer 9

SYNECDOCHE

Question 10

A figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.
Ex. “I have to have this operation… It isn’t very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.”
“I know a little about running acompany.” -comment by a businessman.

Answer 10

UNDERSTATEMENT