Figures of Speech

Question 1

The various strategic and creative uses of language that deviate from its conventional order, construction, or meaning

Answer 1

Figures of Speech

Question 2

Direct comparison of two objects presented through the use of “as” or “like”

Answer 2

Simile

Question 3

Direct comparison of two objects

Answer 3

Metaphor

Question 4

Gives animals, ideas, abstractions, and inanimate objects human-like characteristics

Answer 4

Personification

Question 5

Exaggeration used to heighten effect or for humor

Answer 5

Hyperbole

Question 6

Placing two contradicting words side-by-side

Answer 6

Oxymoron

Question 7

Combining two contradicting statements that may actually be proven to be true

Answer 7

Paradox

Question 8

A part of something signifies its whole; the whole of something signifies its part

Answer 8

Synecdoche

Question 9

Replacing the name of the object w/ the name of something else which it is closely associated w/

Answer 9

Metonymy

Question 10

Putting two or more clauses that are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures

Answer 10

Chiasmus

Question 11

The repetition of a consonant sound as initial or dominant sound in several words in a line

Answer 11

Alliteration

Question 12

Repetition of a vowel sound in several words in a line

Answer 12

Assonance

Question 13

Words that imitate sounds

Answer 13

Onomatopoeia

Question 14

Repeating similar sounding words; usually at the end of lines in poems or songs

Answer 14

Rhyme

Question 15

Uses language to express something that is opposite of what is actually meant

Answer 15

Irony

Question 16

The words conveyed by someone is the opposite of what they intend to express

Answer 16

Verbal Irony

Question 17

The situation or action that happened in the story is the opposite of what is expected to occur

Answer 17

Situational Irony

Question 18

The readers know something in the story that the characters do not

Answer 18

Dramatic Irony

Question 19

An absent or a nonexistent person, an inanimate object, or an abstract quality is addressed directly in the text as if they are present

Answer 19

Apostrophe

Question 20

A polite word or expression that is used to refer to things that people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about

Answer 20

Euphemism

Question 21

A casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event

Answer 21

Allusion

Question 22

The repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses

Answer 22

Anaphora

Question 23

Plays w/ words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes the similar sense or sound of different words

Answer 23

Pun/Paronomasia

Question 24

A writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is

Answer 24

Understatement