Figures of Speech

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

A comparison between two things that resemble one another in some way using “like” or “as”.

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

A comparison in which one thing is declared to be another.

Question 3

Implication

Answer 3

An implied comparison between two things in which the name of one thing is used in place of the other.

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

The use of exaggeration to emphasize a point.

Question 5

Rhetorical Question

Answer 5

The use of a question (two which the answer is not expected but should be obvious) to confirm or deny a fact.

Question 6

Alliteration

Answer 6

Several words in close proximity beginning with the same letter - often a consonant - give us “apt alliteration’s artful aid.”

Question 7

Anthropomorphism

Answer 7

This means “human form,” and describes God, who is spirit, as having human parts.

Question 8

Zoomorphism

Answer 8

God’s attributes compared to animal forms.

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

Treating an object or abstract quality as a person.

Question 10

Alphabetic Acrostic

Answer 10

Each consecutive line begins with the next letter in the Hebrew alphabet.