MODULE 2: DESCRIBING SENSORY AND FIGURES OF SPEECH

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE FIVE SENSORY DETAILS?

Answer 1

TOUCH, SMELL, SIGHT, TASTE, AND SOUND

Question 2

THIS FIGURES OF SPEECH IS THE REPETITION OF AN INITIAL CONSONANT

Answer 2

ALLITERATION

Question 3

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS A REPETITION OF THE SAME WORD

Answer 3

ANAPHORA

Question 4

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH CONTRASTS IDEAS

Answer 4

ANTITHESIS

Question 5

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH ADDRESSES A NONEXISTENT PERSON AS IF IT WERE A HUMAN BEING

Answer 5

APOSTROPHE

Question 6

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS SIMILAR IN SOUND. IT IS A REPITITION OF INTERNAL VOWEL SOUNDS IN WORDS

Answer 6

ASSONANCE

Question 7

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH CONTRASTS IDEAS

Answer 7

ANTITHESIS

Question 8

THE SECOND HALF OF THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS BALANCED AGAINST THE FIRST. IT IS REPEATED IN REVERSE ORDER.

Answer 8

CHIASMUS

Question 9

THIS IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT SUBSTITUTES AN INOFFENSIVE TERM

Answer 9

EUPHEMISM

Question 10

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH EXAGGERATES STATEMENTS

Answer 10

HYPERBOLE

Question 11

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH CONVEYS OPPOSITE OF THEIR LITERAL MEANING

Answer 11

IRONY

Question 12

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS WHERE ITS AFFIRMATIVE IS EXPRESSED BY NEGATING THE OPPOSITE. INSTEAD OF SAYING SOMETHING DIRECTLY, YOU STATE THAT THE CONTRARY STATEMENT IS NOT TRUE.

Answer 12

LITOTES

Question 13

THIS IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH WHERE YOU COMPARE TWO THINGS THAT HAVE THE SAME IN COMMON

Answer 13

METAPHOR

Question 14

WORD IS SUBSTITUTED TO SOMETHING THAT IS SIMILAR

Answer 14

METONYMY

Question 15

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IMITATES THE SOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTS

Answer 15

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 16

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH HAS CONTRADICTORY TERMS APPEAR SIDE BY SIDE

Answer 16

OXYMORON

Question 17

THIS IS A STATEMENT WHICH CONTRADICTS ITSELF

Answer 17

PARADOX

Question 18

DRINK SOME WATER

Answer 18

HELTI

Question 19

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH ENDOWS INANIMATE OBJECTS WITH HUMAN QUALITIES

Answer 19

PERSONIFICATION

Question 20

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS A PLAY ON WORDS

Answer 20

PUN

Question 21

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH IS A STATED COMPARISON

Answer 21

SIMILE

Question 22

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH USES A PART TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE

Answer 22

SYNECDOCHE

Question 23

THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH MAKES A SITUATION SEEM LESS IMPORTANT

Answer 23

UNDERSTATEMENT

Question 24

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE?

THE PHRASE “HIRED HANDS” CAN BE USED TO REPRESENT WORKERS

Answer 24

SYNECDOCHE

Question 25

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? THE DUCK SAID TO THE WAITER, "PUT IT ON MY BILL."

Answer 25

PUN

Question 26

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? CAR, PLEASE WORK.

Answer 26

APOSTROPHE

Question 27

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? THE SUN SMILED BRIGHTLY DOWN THIS EARLY MORNING

Answer 27

PERSONIFICATION

Question 28

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? THE TRAIN GOES, "CHOO-CHOO"

Answer 28

ONOMATOPOEIA

Question 29

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? BITTERSWEET

Answer 29

OXYMORON

Question 30

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? LESS IS MORE.

Answer 30

PARADOX (CONTRADICTS ITSELF)

Question 31

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? SHE IS AS COLD AS ICE

Answer 31

SIMILE

Question 32

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? "IT RAINED A BIT MORE THAN USUAL." -- DESCRIBING AN AREA THAT IS HEAVILY FLOODED BY RAINFALL

Answer 32

UNDERSTATEMENT

Question 33

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? SHE SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE

Answer 33

ALLITERATION (REPETITION OF THE LETTER S)

Question 34

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU. I LOVE YOUR EYES, I LOVE YOUR FACE, I LOVE YOUR SMILE.

Answer 34

ANAPHORA (REPETITION OF THE WORDS, I LOVE)

Question 35

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? MAN IMPOSES, GOD DISPOSES.

Answer 35

ANTITHESIS (CONTRASTS IMPOSES AND DISPOSES)

Question 36

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? TRY AS I MIGHT, THE KITE DID NOT FLY.

Answer 36

ASSONANCE (REPETITION OF THE LETTER I)

Question 37

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? CROWN (POWER OF THE KINGS)

Answer 37

METONYMY

Question 38

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? SHE'S GOING THROUGH A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS

Answer 38

METAPHOR

Question 39

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? TELLING A GROUP OF QUIET PEOPLE, "DON'T SPEAK ALL AT ONCE."

Answer 39

IRONY

Question 40

WHAT FIGURE OF SPEECH IS USED IN THIS EXAMPLE? "WELL, THAT WASN'T THE BEST DINNER PARTY."

Answer 40

LITOTES