Figures Of Speech

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparison between two things using like or as

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A direct comparison between two unlike things saying one is the other

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken seriously
for example I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

Question 5

Alliteration

Answer 5

A repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words

Question 6

Onomatopoeia

Answer 6

A word that imitates the sound a represents

Question 7

Oxymoron

Answer 7

A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

for example bittersweet and deafening silence

Question 8

Idioms

Answer 8

Expressions that have a figurative meaning different from their literal meaning

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

Question 10

Irony

Answer 10

A contrast between expectation and reality, often highlighting the opposite of what is meant