FIGURES OF SPEECH

Question 1

assonance

Answer 1

repetition of vowel sounds
e.g-chips and dips

Question 2

consonance

Answer 2

repetition of consonant sounds
e.g-fuzzy buzzy bee

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

occurrence of the same letter/sound at the beginning
e.g-fair is foul

Question 4

personification

Answer 4

attribution of human characteristics to something non-living
e.g-the moon is sleeping

Question 5

metaphor

Answer 5

implicit comparison between 2 things that are not the same but share similar characteristics
e.g-snow is a white blanket

Question 6

irony

Answer 6

communicates opposite
e.g-a post on facebook complains on how useless facebook is

Question 7

sarcasm

Answer 7

form of irony directed at a person
e.g-i am so happy the teacher gave me all this homework right before spring break.

Question 8

enjambment

Answer 8

continuation of sentence
e.g-i went out
and lost my way

Question 9

simile

Answer 9

explicit comparison using ‘like’ and ‘as’
e.g-brave as a lion

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

descriptive language
e.g-the flowers were red

Question 11

symbolism

Answer 11

use of words/images to symbolize

Question 12

repetition

Answer 12

repetition of word to emphasise
e.g-it’s okay not to be okay

Question 13

contrast

Answer 13

emphasise difference between any two things
e.g-black and white

Question 14

tautology

Answer 14

using similar words consecutively
e.g-the weather was hot and it was scorching

Question 15

transferred epithet

Answer 15

adjective applied to person/thing
e.g-happy birthday

Question 16

oxymoron

Answer 16

contradictory terms combined to give rhetorical effect
e.g-escaped prisoner

Question 17

refrain

Answer 17

phrase repeated at intervals

Question 18

allegory

Answer 18

symbolic representation of anything
e.g-winter’s moon: symbolic of decay

Question 19

anaphora

Answer 19

repetition at beginning of successive sentences

Question 20

epistrophe

Answer 20

repetition at end

Question 21

allusion

Answer 21

reference to something imaginary
e.g-my sister has so many pets ,i am going to call her old mc donald

Question 22

metonymy

Answer 22

concept closely associated with that concept
e.g-we all swear loyalty to the crown

Question 23

onomatopoeia

Answer 23

sound words
e.g-cuckoo,sizzle

Question 24

haiku

Answer 24

Japanese form-3 lines-syllables-5,7,5

Question 25

cliche

Answer 25

overused phrase e.g-happily ever after

Question 26

epitaph

Answer 26

text honouring a deceased person

Question 27

idiom

Answer 27

figurative phrase e.g-pull yourself together

Question 28

pun

Answer 28

humour word e.g-peas out

Question 29

pallindrome

Answer 29

reads the same backwards as forward e.g-madam

Question 30

hyperbole

Answer 30

exaggerated statement e.g-dying of laughter

Question 31

paradox

Answer 31

self-contradictory statement e.g-my weakness is my strength

Question 32

juxtaposition

Answer 32

placing 2 elements side-by-side to compare/contrast e.g-night & day

Question 33

analogy

Answer 33

the resemblance between unlike things e.g-like:love::dislike:hate

Question 34

anagram

Answer 34

jumble up parts of word to create a new word e.g-silent>listen

Question 35

anastrophe/inversion

Answer 35

reversed order e.g-persuade you,i shall

Question 36

anthropomorphism

Answer 36

attribution of human characteristics to something non-human e.g-the tree danced in the wind

Question 37

anecdote

Answer 37

short amusing incident

Question 38

amplification

Answer 38

adding more info

Question 39

antithesis

Answer 39

two sentences of contrasting meaning in close proximity

Question 40

aphorism

Answer 40

general truth

Question 41

archetype

Answer 41

best examples of their kind

Question 42

asyndeton

Answer 42

absence of conjunction

Question 43

authorial intrusion

Answer 43

speaks to reader

Question 44

bibliomancy

Answer 44

foretelling future by turning to bible

Question 45

bildungsroman

Answer 45

overall growth of the central character

Question 46

cacophony

Answer 46

harsh sounds

Question 47

caesura

Answer 47

create a dramatic pause

Question 48

chiasmus

Answer 48

concepts repeated in reverse order

Question 49

circumlocution

Answer 49

long and complex sentences

Question 50

connotation

Answer 50

different association of word e.g-she is feeling blue

Question 51

denotation

Answer 51

dictionary meaning e.g-blue is a colour

Question 52

deus ex machina

Answer 52

unsolvable problem in a story is abruptly resolved by an unexpected occurrence: mark of poor plot

Question 53

doppelganger

Answer 53

copy of a genuine character

Question 54

ekphrastic

Answer 54

describing with vivid detail

Question 55

epilogue

Answer 55

teaser trailer

Question 56

euphemism

Answer 56

mild alternative

Question 57

euphony

Answer 57

opposite to cacophony

Question 58

parallelism

Answer 58

placing together similarly structures ideas

Question 59

foil

Answer 59

contrasts with the main character

Question 60

litotes

Answer 60

saying something unpleasant without directly using negativity e.g-You can't say I didn't warn you.

Question 61

malapropism

Answer 61

mistaken use of words for humour e.g-leaf me alone: donut talk to me

Question 62

onomatopoeia

Answer 62

sound words

Question 63

polysyndeton

Answer 63

using conjunction frequently

Question 64

portmanteau

Answer 64

joining two words to create a new word e.g-breakfast+lunch=brunch

Question 65

prologue

Answer 65

intro to story

Question 66

rhyming scheme

Answer 66

rhyming words placed at the end of lines

Question 67

satire

Answer 67

making fun of human weakness

Question 68

synecdoche

Answer 68

use a part of something to stand for the whole thing e.g-that's a nice set of wheels

Question 69

metonymy

Answer 69

word is substituted for another word that it is closely associated with e.g-that's a nice ride you have; white house-presidential administration

Question 70

verisimilitude

Answer 70

being real

Question 71

maudlin

Answer 71

those who cry too easily