Definitions 1
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using the words “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
"They are fighting like cats and dogs."
What is simile?
Attributing human-like qualities to something non-human
What is personification?
"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole cow."
What is hyperbole?
Obvious and intentional exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
"Time is a thief."
What is metaphor?
A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. One thing may be said to be the other.
What is metaphor?
The car was screaming for a wash.
What is personification?
A play on the sound or meanings of words
What is a pun?
"silly snakes slither silently"
What is alliteration?
The repetition of identical or similar sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
What is alliteration?
Do you think I am a machine?
What is rhetorical question?
A contrast between expectation and reality
(Example: A police officer was the one who robbed the bank.)
What is irony?
"pop" "gurgle" and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia?
A question asked for effect that neither expects nor requires an answer
What is rhetorical question?
Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the world to her.
What is pun?
A statement that contradicts itself
(Example: The child is the father of the man.)
What is paradox?
"Less is more."
What is paradox?
A word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing
What is onomatopoeia?
A skydiver is afraid of heights.
What is irony?