Figures of Comparison
This figure compares two things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
This figure substitutes one related name for another.
What is Metonymy?
States the opposite of what is actually meant.
What is Irony?
The first rule is to assume a passage is ________.
What is Literal?
Name the Figure of Speech, "The Lord is my shepherd."
What is Metaphor?
This figure compares two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This figure uses a part to represent the whole.
What is a Synecdoche?
Intentional exaggeration for emphasis.
What is Hyperbole?
If the literal meaning creates absurdity, the interpreter should consider ________.
What is Figurative language?
Name the Figure of Speech, "Like sheep without a shepherd."
What is Simile?
This figure describes God with human characteristics.
What is an anthropomorphism?
The word "world" in "For God so loved the world" is an example of ___________.
What is Synecdoche?
Name the figure of speech, "Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!” (Job 12:2)."
What is Irony?
What is the best guide for deciding whether a passage is figurative?
What is Context?
Name the figure of speech, "The arm of the Lord."
What is an Anthropomorphism?
This figure gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
Name the figure of speech, “They will beat their swords into plowshares” (Isaiah 2:4).
What is Metonymy?
Name the figure of speech, "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away"
What is Hyperbole?
Miracles should automatically be interpreted figuratively.
What is False?
Name the figure of speech, "Truth has stumbled." Isaiah 59:14
What is Personification?
What figure of speech is "The Lord is my rock?"
What is a metaphor (what is the point of comparison)?
Explain the difference between metonymy and synecdoche.
Metonymy - Speech that substitutes a name for an attribute
Synecdoche - Speech that uses a part for the whole or a whole for a part.
Explain the difference between Irony and Hyperbole.
Irony - speech used to say the opposite of what is intended.
Hyperbole - speech that overstates or exaggerates
A Bible passage is to be taken figuratively if .....
it contradicts another passage or creates absurdity.
Name the figure of speech, "Their feet rush into evil."
What is Synecdoche?