Figures of Speech

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition in the begining of words; tongue twisters

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

when refering to something

Question 3

analogy

Answer 3

the comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

Question 4

cliché

Answer 4

an expression that got so overused that it lost it’s original meaning

Question 5

connotation

Answer 5

a secondary meaning to a word, in addition to it’s dictionary meaning

Question 6

euphemism

Answer 6

the less harsh form of saying something

Question 7

hyperbole

Answer 7

an exageration

Question 8

idiom

Answer 8

an expression that cannot be understood from the individual meanings, but can be understood by most people

Question 9

imagery

Answer 9

to paint pictures with words using the five senses

Question 10

verbal irony

Answer 10

sarcasm

Question 11

situational irony

Answer 11

when you are lead to belive that one thing will occur, when in reality, the opposite occurs

Question 12

dramatic irony

Answer 12

when the reader/audience knows something that the characters do not

Question 13

metaphor

Answer 13

an implied comparison between two unlike things

Question 14

metonymy

Answer 14

referring to something by using another word that is somehow linked to the formal word

Question 15

onomaopoeia

Answer 15

words that imatate sounds

Question 16

oxymoron

Answer 16

opposing words put together that make sense

Question 17

paradox

Answer 17

a sentence in logic that cannot be true but also cannot be false; self-contadictory statements

Question 18

personification

Answer 18

giving personal traits to inanimate objects

Question 19

pun

Answer 19

a play on words

Question 20

simile

Answer 20

a comparison using like or as