Figure Of Speech

Question 1

Directly compares two things with the use of like and as

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

Rheotorical effect,directly refers to one thing by mentioning another

Answer 2

Metaphor

Question 3

A thing or abstraction is represented as a person

Answer 3

Personification

Question 4

Expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Answer 4

Irony

Question 5

Figure of speech in whuch apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Answer 5

Oxymoron

Question 6

Seemingly absurd of self-contradictory statement in logic that,superficially,cannot be true but also cannot be false

Answer 6

Paradox

Question 7

Formation of word from a sound associated with what is named

Answer 7

Onomatopoeia

Question 8

Conspicious repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words

Answer 8

Alliteration

Question 9

Repetition of the sound of a vowel or dipthong in non rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other

Answer 9

Assonance

Question 10

Used to exaggerate language to emphasize or heighten effects

Answer 10

Hyperbole

Question 11

Can be used to have an amusing effect

Answer 11

Hyperbole

Question 12

To use understatement to emphasize, uses no or negative

Answer 12

Litotes

Question 13

Expressing a thought by denying its opposite

Answer 13

Litotes