Figures of Speech

Question 1

What is an Extended Metaphor

Answer 1

a metaphor stretched through a series of lines or an entire passage.

Question 2

What is a Personification

Answer 2

an abstract or inanimate object is given human characteristics

Question 3

What is an Apostrophe

Answer 3

inanimate object, abstract concept or a person who is no longer living is addressed or spoken to as if it were alive.

Question 4

What is a conceit

Answer 4

a witty compliment or elaborate comparison that appears incongruous or unsuitable at first, but on closer examination its cleverness can be appreciated.

Question 5

What is a transferred epithet

Answer 5

when an epithet is when an adjective is transferred to or associated with another noun in the sentence rather than the one it is obviously meant to be describing.

Question 6

What is a simile?

Answer 6

a comparison between using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Question 7

What is a metaphor?

Answer 7

a direct comparison. One thing is said to be the other.

Question 8

What is an alliteration?

Answer 8

the repetition of a constant to create a desired effect

Question 9

What is an assonance?

Answer 9

the repetition vowel sounds in two or more words

Question 10

What is an onomatopoeia?

Answer 10

the word makes the actual sound it represents.

Question 11

What is a oxymoron?

Answer 11

places two seemingly contradictory words next to each other.

Question 12

What is a paradox?

Answer 12

a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement.

Question 13

What is an antithesis?

Answer 13

compares and contradicts ideas or statements within a sentence.

Question 14

What is irony?

Answer 14

Implies the opposite of what is said.

Question 15

What is situational irony?

Answer 15

the opposite of what is expected happens.

Question 16

What is innuendo?

Answer 16

hinting at something without actually saying it

Question 17

What is a euphamism?

Answer 17

the use of agreeable word or phrase to refer to something disagreeable or embarrassing.

Question 18

What is a parody?

Answer 18

an exaggerated imitation of an original in an attempt to mock or satilize.

Question 19

What is a pun?

Answer 19

a humorous play on words that have a similar but different meaning.

Question 20

What is a rhetorical question?

Answer 20

a question asked by a speaker or writer that does not require an answer.

Question 21

What is a synecdoche?

Answer 21

a part used to represent a whole or vise versa.

Question 22

What is a Metonymy?

Answer 22

Something associated with the object represents it.

Question 23

What is dramatic irony?

Answer 23

when audience has knowledge of something of which actors are unaware.

Question 24

What is sarcasm?

Answer 24

when one thing said, but something else is intended or understood. Used with the express purpose of hurting, insulting or humiliating.

Question 25

What is satire?

Answer 25

use of humour, irony or sarcasm to highlight underlying serious political, social or human weakness. Intention of satire is to encourage change or educate through the use of humour.

Question 26

What is an epigram?

Answer 26

a brief pointed statement which often contains humour and irony.

Question 27

What is a hyperbole?

Answer 27

an over-exaggeration, not meant to be taken seriously. Creates humour and emphasizes a point.

Question 28

What is a meiosis?

Answer 28

deliberate understatement and the opposite of a hyperbole.

Question 29

What is a litotes

Answer 29

uses a negative and an opposite word to create and understatement.