Figure Of Speech

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

A comparison in which one thing is said to be another

My mom is a teddy bear

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

A comparison of two things by using the words like or As

He is as tall as a giraffe

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

Giving human qualities to animals or objects

The stars wink at me

Question 4

Hyperbole

Answer 4

An exaggerated statement

My backpack weighs a ton

Question 5

Idiom

Answer 5

An expression that doesn’t exactly mean what the word says

She spilled the beans

Question 6

Pun

Answer 6

A humorous play on words that suggest multiple meanings

I used to be a baker but I did not make enough dough

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

The use of the same beginning constant sound in one word

Petra piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Question 8

Assocance

Answer 8

This is the repetition of identical of similar vowel sound ina series of words
Try to light the fire

Question 9

Onomatopoeia

Answer 9

A word that imitates the sound it makes

Boom bang pow

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

A reference to famous person place or event

Don’t act like a Scrooge