Figures Of Speech Flashcards
1
Q
What is a metaphor?
A
A comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
2
Q
What is a simile?
A
A comparison between seemingly unlike things using like as or as _______as________.
3
Q
What is a personification?
A
Giving human charictauristcs to objects.
4
Q
What is a hyperbole?
A
A deliberate exaggeration.
5
Q
What is a onomatopoeia?
A
Using a word that makes a sound.
Eg
BOOM CRASH MOO
6
Q
What is a alliteration?
A
Refers to two words close together beginning with the same consistent sound.
7
Q
What is assonance?
A
Something that refers to continual vowel sound that is repeated.
