Figures of Speech I
A play on words that exploits the similarity in sound between TWO words with different meanings.
What is a PUN?
raging river rapids
What is an example of alliteration?
An expression that reminds a reader or audience without directly mentioning the character, event, story or thing.
What is an ALLUSION?
a pair of words side by side that are contradictory (opposites) when read out loud, make sense.
What is an OXYMORON?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
What is an SIMILE?
My stomach was a melon split wide inside my skin.
What is an example of a metaphor?
They were peas in a pod.
What is an example of a METAPHOR?
Clang, clang
What is an example of an ONOMATOPOEIA?
Caring cats cascade off.
What is an example of ALLITERATION?
O brawling love! O loving hate! Feathered lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health.
What is an example of OXYMORON?
The sound of a sneeze.
What is an ACHOO?
"Deck the halls"
What is an allusion to Christmas?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a METAPHOR?
In a television show, Mary saw that the main actor was having a nice talk with his best friend. The main actor's wife came in and greeted the best friend and her husband. What the husband does not know is that they are lovers and are hiding this secret from him.
What is Dramatic irony?
A son dies before his parents.
What is Situational Irony?
Daily Double-What is acquired meaning of "Variety is the spice of life"?
The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be . . . Doing different things makes life interesting . . . etc.
Ben is annoying. When he was walking to meet a group of students, Beca says, "Here comes our favorite person!"
What is Verbal Irony?
If I’m not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin.
What is an Allusion to Cinderella?
"We got a new Einstein in school today."
Who is Albert Einstein?
Under the sea
Who is "the Little Mermaid?"
Its not a bird; its not a plane; faster than a speeding bullet.
Who is Superman?
Lightning bolts
Who is Zeus?
The last petal falls from the rose.
Who is The Beast?
Means that they wish you the best in your project/endeavor not a fractured tibia.
What is "To break a leg?"
Means to tell me what you're thinking of, not to earn a salary for what courses through your mind.
What is "A penny for your thoughts?"