FIGURES OF SPEECH

Question 1

deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness

Answer 1

FIGURE OF SPEECH

Question 2

verbal pattern

Answer 2

CHIASMUS

Question 3

juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in BALANCED PHRASES

Answer 3

ANTITHESIS

Question 4

directly addressing a nonexistent person as though it were a living being

Answer 4

APOSTROPHE

Question 5

repetition of the same word

Answer 5

ANAPHORA

Question 6

play on words

Answer 6

PUN

Question 7

incongruous or contradictory terms appear SIDE BY SIDE

Answer 7

OXYMORON

Question 8

statement that appears to CONTRADICT itself

Answer 8

PARADOX

Question 9

inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.

Answer 9

PERSONIFICATION

Question 10

use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to

Answer 10

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 11

substitution of an inoffensive term

Answer 11

EUPHEMISM

Question 12

consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by NEGATING its opposite

Answer 12

LITOTES

Question 13

implied comparison between two dissimilar things that have something in common

Answer 13

METAPHOR

Question 14

use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

Answer 14

IRONY

Question 15

• extravagant statement
• exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or
  heightened effect (basta OA)

Answer 15

HYPERBOLE

Question 16

part is used to represent the whole

Answer 16

SYNECDOCHE

Question 17

stated comparison (usually formed with “like” or “as”) between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.

Answer 17

SIMILE

Question 18

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

Answer 18

UNDERSTATEMENT

Question 19

actual intent is expressed through words that carry the opposite meaning.

Answer 19

IRONY

Question 20

I have a ton of things to do when I get home.

Answer 20

HYPERBOLE

Question 21

A million dollars is no small chunk of change.

Answer 21

LITOTES

Question 22

Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time on the wrong day.

Answer 22

ANAPHORA

Question 23

“Oh, you STUPID CAR, you never work when I need you to,” Bert sighed

Answer 23

APOSTROPHE

Question 24

The famous CHEF said people should live to eat, not
eat to live.

Answer 24

CHIASMUS

Question 25

As Abraham Lincoln said, “Folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”

Answer 25

ANTITHESIS

Question 26

The clap of thunder went bang and scared my
poor dog.

Answer 26

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 27

“This is the beginning of the end,” said Eeyore, always the pessimist.

Answer 27

PARADOX

Question 28

That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don’t handle it safely.

Answer 28

PERSONIFICATION

Question 29

Jessie looked up from her breakfast and said, “A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.”

Answer 29

PUN

Question 30

“He popped the JUMBO SHRIMP in his mouth.”

Answer 30

OXYMORON

Question 31

“That stuffed suit with the briefcase is a poor excuse for a salesman,” the manager said angrily.

Answer 31

METONYMY

Question 32

“You could say Babe Ruth was a decent ballplayer,” the reporter said with a wink.

Answer 32

UNDERSTATEMENT

Question 33

Tina is learning her ABC’s in preschool.

Answer 33

SYNECDOCHE

Question 34

Roberto was white as a sheet after he walked out of
the horror movie.

Answer 34

SIMILE

Question 35

type of irony where a situation in life or a story is
incongruent

Answer 35

SITUATIONAL IRONY

Question 36

component of verbal irony

Answer 36

OVERSTATEMENT (hyperbole), UNDERSTATEMENT (meiosis), SARCASM

Question 37

type of irony that usually a literal CONTRAINDICATION of terms or situations

Answer 37

PARADOX

Question 38

type of irony where saying one thing but meaning another

Answer 38

VERBAL IRONY

Question 39

type of irony where audience has more information or greater perspective than the characters

Answer 39

DRAMATIC IRONY