Figures Of Speech Flashcards
1
Q
What is the name given to comparing by saying one thing is another thing it only resembles?
A
Metaphor.
2
Q
What is the name given to giving an inanimate object human characteristics or intentions?
A
Personification.
3
Q
What is the name given to sound words? (crash, bang, meow)
A
Onomatopoeia.
4
Q
What is the name given to repeated consonants?
A
Alliteration.
5
Q
What’s the name given to repeated vowel sounds?
A
Assonance.
6
Q
What is the name given to the repetition of S?
A
Sibilance.
7
Q
What is the figure of speech used to compare something unexpected but which shares a common feature using like or as?
A
Simile.
