FIGURES OF SPEECH

Question 1

SIMILE

Answer 1

similarities between two things using comparison words such as “like”, “as”

Question 2

IRONY

Answer 2

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

Question 3

METONYMY

Answer 3

the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example

Question 4

HYPERBOLE

Answer 4

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 5

ALLITERATION

Answer 5

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 6

PERSONIFICATION

Answer 6

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Question 7

METAPHOR

Answer 7

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.