Figures of speech

Question 1

What is this an example of?

As light as a feather

Answer 1

Simile

Question 2

Mixed metaphor

Answer 2

Incompatible terms are used to describe the same object/event

Question 3

An extended metaphor is…

Answer 3

Reoccurring

Question 4

This is an example of ___?

Finality hung in the air

Answer 4

Personification

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

A direct or indirect referral to a particular aspect

i.e. a poet alluding to religious themes

Question 6

Apostrophe

Answer 6

where a no longer living person/object/idea is referred

to as though living

Question 7

This is an example of ___?

Oh Leonardo if you could see your Mona Lisa today!

Answer 7

Apostrophe

Question 8

Assonance

Answer 8

Repetition of vowel sounds

Question 9

Longer vowel sounds are used to ___

Answer 9

Slow the pace of a poem/passage and temper the mood

Question 10

Shorter vowel sounds ____

Answer 10

• Speed up the pace
• Create a joyful mood
• add suspense

Question 11

What is the purpose of rhyme?

Answer 11

• used for effect

- builds rhythm in the poem

Question 12

Onomatopoeia

Answer 12

Words that imitate or reproduce real-life sounds or actions

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

Compares and contrasts ideas or statements within a sentence

Question 14

Oxymoron

Answer 14

Places 2 seemingly contradictory words next to each other

Question 15

The girl let out a silent scream of terror.

Answer 15

Oxymoron

Question 16

Paradox

Answer 16

A seemingly absurd, contradictory statement which when analysed is found to be true

Question 17

Sometimes one needs to be cruel to be kind.

Answer 17

Paradox

Question 18

Situational irony

Answer 18

When the opposite of what is expected occurs

Question 19

Dramatic irony

Answer 19

When the audience has knowledge of something the actors are unaware of

Question 20

Irony

Answer 20

Implies the opposite of what is said/ the intention is for the opposite to be understood

Question 21

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Answer 21

Antithesis

Question 22

Sarcasm

Answer 22

Where one thing is said, but something else is intended

Used with the express purpose of mocking/humiliating/insulting another

Question 23

Zombies eat brains, so you would be safe in an apocalypse.

Answer 23

Sarcasm

Question 24

“What lovely weather we are having!” she remarked as she peered through the window at the blizzard.

Answer 24

Irony

Question 25

Satire aims to ___

Answer 25

Change a situation by educating and entertaining the audience using humour

Question 26

Satire

Answer 26

Irony or sarcasm used to highlight or ridicule human/social/political weaknesses

Question 27

Parody

Answer 27

The imitation or exaggeration of other text types to create humour

Question 28

Appropriation

Answer 28

Using part of original texts in a different context to create humour

Question 29

Epigram

Answer 29

A brief, pointed statement which often contains humour or irony. It may also contain a deeper meaning.

Question 30

I am not young enough to know everything.

Answer 30

Epigram

Question 31

Hyperbole

Answer 31

An over-exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

Question 32

My Mom would kill me if I tried something like that!

Answer 32

Hyperbole

Question 33

Litotes

Answer 33

Uses a negative and an opposite to understate what is intended

Question 34

Julie is no ordinary girl.

Answer 34

Litotes

Question 35

Euphemism

Answer 35

To express an unpleasant/uncomfortable idea in a more tactful/sensitive way

Question 36

The purpose of euphemism

Answer 36

- To soften a blow - To be politically correct - To protect someone's feelings

Question 37

We had to have our dog put to sleep.

Answer 37

Euphemism

Question 38

Innuendo

Answer 38

A disapproving remark which hints at something without saying it directly

Question 39

I admire your confidence to wear something so revealing

Answer 39

Innuendo

Question 40

Climax

Answer 40

A build up of ascending ideas

Question 41

I came, I saw I conquered

Answer 41

Climax

Question 42

Anti-Climax

Answer 42

A build up of ideas with a flat or unexpected final statement

Question 43

He has known the terror of war, he has seen natural disasters, he has been to single bars.

Answer 43

Anti-climax

Question 44

Comparison figures of speech

Answer 44

- simile - metaphor (extended and mixed too) - personification - apostrophe - allusion

Question 45

Sound devices

Answer 45

- alliteration - assonance - onomatopoeia - rhyme - rhythm

Question 46

Contradiction figures of speech

Answer 46

- antithesis - oxymoron - paradox - irony - sarcasm - satire - parody - appropriation - epigram

Question 47

Exaggeration figures of speech

Answer 47

- hyperbole - litotes - euphemism - innuendo - climax - anti-climax/bathos

Question 48

Puns

Answer 48

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word

Question 49

Metonymy

Answer 49

the substitution of the name of an attribute in place of the thing i.e. suits for businessmen

Question 50

Spoonerism

Answer 50

a verbal error in which the speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words i.e. He hissed is mystery lesson

Question 51

Malapropism

Answer 51

the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one i.e. electrical vote instead of electoral vote

Question 52

Synecdoche

Answer 52

a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa i.e. sails represent ships