Figuritive Language

Question 1

Paradox

Answer 1

paradox, apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny.

Question 2

Metonymy

Answer 2

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a word is substituted for another word that it is closely associated with.

His parents bought him a new set of wheels. (new car)

Question 3

Oxymoron

Answer 3

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory words with opposing meanings, like “old news,”

Question 4

Antithesis

Answer 4

But antithesis normally means simply “opposite”. Thus, war is the antithesis of peace.

Question 5

Axiom

Answer 5

An axiom is a statement that is considered true and does not require a proof.

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse. For example, “His tender heir might bear his memory”

Question 7

Consonance

Answer 7

Consonance is a literary device that occurs when two words have the same consonant sound following different vowel sounds. For example, the words ‘same’ and ‘home’

Question 8

Apostrophe

Answer 8

An apostrophe is a punctuation mark used in contractions to replace missing letters. The contraction “we’ll” stands for “we will,”

Question 9

Synecdoche

Answer 9

Synecdoche refers to a literary device in which a part of something is substituted for the whole (as hired hand for “worker”),