A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
100
An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point.
What is a hyperbole?
100
The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer.
What is an onomatopoeia?
100
My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything!
What is a metaphor?
100
You are the meanest mom in the world!
What is hyperbole?
200
The giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea.
What is personification?
200
When two contradictory statements appear side by side.
What is a oxymoron?
200
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
200
The chocolate cake was calling my name.
What is personification?
200
The TV crashed to the floor with a loud boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
300
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is an allusion?
300
The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
300
My parents bought me some wheels for my 16th birthday.
What is synecdoche?
300
One team, one town, one dream.
What is anaphora?
400
A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth.
What is a paradox?
400
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is an anaphora?
400
A play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words
What is a pun?
400
The tall trees towered over the town.
What is alliteration?
400
My first job was working in an orange juice factory but I got fired: couldn't concentrate.
What is a pun?
500
A softer, more inoffensive word or phrase used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
What is an euphemism?
500
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole for a part.
What is synecdoche?
500
Try to light the fire by the ottoman over there.
What is assonance?
500
Deep down you are actually quite shallow.
What is a paradox?
500
As a sword is the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.