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A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things, with the use of a connective word such as "like" or "as".
What is a Simile?
When what is said is actually the opposite of what is really meant.
What is Verbal Irony?
Love is a battlefield.
What is a metaphor?
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is a Simile?
A figure of speech in which a thing, idea or animal is given human characteristics.
What is Personification?
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. The incongruity may be accidental or deliberate (as in the case of humor).
What is an Oxymoron?
A seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth.
What is a Paradox?
Did you just pass wind?
What is a Euphemism?
In the moonlight, the waves dance and play with the shore.
What is Personification?
A play on words; a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
What is a Pun?
An extreme exaggeration used to make a point.
What is a Hyperbole?
The deliberate repetition of a word or phase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is Anaphora?
That would be awfully nice.
What is an Oxymoron?
What do you call a cheese which is not yours? Nacho cheese.
What is a Pun?
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
What is Onomatopoeia?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
A polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise might be considered harsh or unpleasant to hear.
What is Euphemism?
I've seen this movie a million times.
What is a Hyperbole?
The cat meowed loudly.
What is Onomatopoeia?
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
What is Assonance?
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole, or the whole is used to represent a part.
What is Synecdoche?
A figure of speech that makes a brief indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is an Allusion?
"With bloody blameful blade he bravely broached"
What is Alliteration?
“[w]e shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.” (Churchill)
What is Anaphora?