Figures Of Speech

Question 1

What is a simile?what does it always have

Answer 1

M:direct comparison
C: as or like

Question 2

What is a Metaphor ? How is it different to smilie?

Answer 2

Comparison
It doesn’t have as or like

Question 3

Personification ?

Answer 3

Gives human qualities to intimate objects/abstract ideas

Question 4

Alliteration?

Answer 4

Repeation of consonant sounds in beginning of words
Often highlights expression or movement
Eg. Football fuels fans

Question 5

Onomatopoeia?

Answer 5

Uses imitate words
Makes real-life sounds & actions
Heightens visual effect

Question 6

Identify and spell the figures of speech in the following sentence : the firework went BANG .

Answer 6

O - N - O - M - A - T - O - P - O - E - I - A

Question 7

What is Assonance ?

Answer 7

Repetition of vowels
Short vowels may make a mood of speed,vitality, joy or suspense
Eg. Clap your hands and stamp .
For Long vowels sounds slow down pace & temper mood
Eg. Girls in curls swirled around stage