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100

What type of figurative language compares two things using like OR as?

Simile

100
"BOOM!" is an example of what type of figurative langauge?
Onomatopoeia
100

A(n) ___________ does not uses like, as or than when comparing two things.

Metaphor

100

The flowers danced in the wind. This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?

Personification

100

I have told you a million times. This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?

Hyperbole

200
What type of figurative language gives human like characteristics to non human objects?
Personification
200
Billy runs faster than the wind. This sentence is an example of what type of figurative langauge?
Simile
200
A(n) ___________ is a type of figurative language that uses repeated letters or sounds in a group of words.
Alliteration
200

A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?

Allusion

200

What type of figurative language has three types and is a literary device involving a discrepancy between what is said and what is meant, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens?

Irony

300

What type of figurative language is 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?

Ex: She passed away this weekend.

Euphemism

300

The repetition of vowel sounds.

Assonance

300
A ____________ is a "play on words".
Pun
300

A comparison between two things in order to highlight a point of similarity. It is NOT a simile or metaphor, as it expresses a s et of like relationships between two sets of terms.

Analogy

300

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

Ex: "Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved."

Anaphora

400

What type of figurative language is an expression used by a particular group of people with a meaning that is only known through common use?

Ex: "It's raining cats and dogs!"

Idiom

400

Sally sees slimy snails sleeping on the sidewalk. This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?

Alliteration

400
"A chip on your shoulder" means being upset for something that happend in the past. This is an example of a(n) ___________.
Idiom
400
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language? a. onomatopoeia b. alliteration c. hyperbole
b. alliteration
400

When incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side?

Ex: "Parting is such sweet sorrow"

Oxymoron

500

What type of figurative language is a seemingly contradictory statement, which actually makes sense or contains some truth?

Paradox

500
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat. What type of figurative language is this sentence an example of?
Pun
500

"I see many new faces here tonight." is an example of what type of figurative language?

Synedoche

500
What type of figurative language is an exageration? a. hyperbole b. idiom c. alliteration
a. hyperbole
500

What type of figurative language is an expression that has been used so often that it becomes common and sometimes boring?

Ex: "You are what you eat!"

Cliche