NAME THE FIGURE OF SPEECH 1
EXAMPLES
NAME THE FIGURE OF SPEECH 2
DEFINITIONS
IDIOMS
100
A figure of speech that makes a comparison using the word(s) like or as.
What is a simile?
100

I am so hungry I could eat a horse!

What is hyperbole?

100

When there are two contradicting meanings of the same thing.

What is irony?

100

The definition of symbol.

What is "something that represents something else?"

100

The meaning of the idiom "under the weather."

What is sick?

200
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
What is personification?
200

Betsy baked the best bread with bananas and blueberries.

What is alliteration?

200
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
200

The definition of simile.

What is "a comparison of two things using a connective word"?

200
Something you might say when a person you were just talking about shows up.

What is "speak of the devil"?

300

A figure of speech that is a direct comparison between two things.

What is a metaphor?

300

My bedroom is an organized mess.

What is oxymoron?

300

Words that sound like what they describe.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

The definition of personification.

What is "giving human characteristics to a non-human thing"?

300

This idiom is commonly used in theater.

What is "break a leg"?

400
The repetition of an initial consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
400

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players..."

What is metaphor?

400

A phrase with a figurative meaning that is different than the words used.

What is an idiom?

400

The definition of oxymoron.

What is "a combination of opposite ideas or qualities"?

400

Something you might say during a big thunderstorm.

What is "it's raining cats and dogs"?

500

The substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant.

What is metonymy?

500

John and Jane are walking down the aisle tomorrow.

What is metonymy?

500

Using a significant part of a thing to represent its whole.

What is synecdoche?

500

The definition of apostrophe.

What is "a direct address to someone/something"?

500

An idiom for dying.

What is "kick the bucket"?

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