Figures of Speech Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Simile?
A
A comparison
which likens one object to another
2
Q
What words are used in a simile?
A
Like
As
3
Q
What is a Metaphor?
A
When two OBJECTS are compared as if they were
IDENTICAL
4
Q
What is Alliteration?
A
When there is a RECURRING CONSONANT
Example: freddy fried frosty frogs
5
Q
What is Assonance?
A
When the same VOWEL is REPEATED.
Example:
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
6
Q
What is Onomatopoeia?
A
When the SOUND of a word also gives its MEANING
Example: POP BAM! BOOM SPLASH DRIZZLE
7
Q
What is a Pun?
A
A humours play on words
Example:
What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator!
What do you call a sleeping bull? A bull-dozer.
8
Q
What is a Homonym?
A
Words that have the same PRONOUNCED but different meanings.
Example: Ate : Eight Brake : Break Die : Dye Flour : Flower
