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Katie Perry had a hit song with the title "Roar" what figurative language term is being exemplified in the songs title?
What is onomatopoeia
Stating that someone is "as cool as a cucumber" is an example of this figurative language term.
What is Simile
The nursery rhyme goes: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are." What type of figurative language is being used here?
What is Apostrophe.
The combination of two contradictory words
What is an Oxymoron
In this film, an unhappy clownfish works his hardest to find his son. What is the film and the figurative language term associated with "unhappy clownfish?"
What is "Finding Nemo" and Irony
Juliet is "alone" on her balcony when she cries "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" What type of figurative language is being used here?
Elvis uses this type of figurative language when he "You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog"
What is Metaphor
"Kicked the bucket" is an example of this type of figurative language
What is Euphemism
This type of figurative language is used when you say "Peter Piper Picked a Pale of Pickled Peppers."
What is: Alliteration
What is Coca-Cola
The Dramatic type of this figurative language is seen when in "Romeo and Juliet" the audience is aware that Juliet isn't really dead-- but Romeo does not and so he kills himself.
What is Irony
The band U2 have a song that states: “I can’t live with or without you” which is an example of this figurative language term.
What is Paradox
Lincoln uses the opposite of anaphora when he states “A government of the people, by the people, for the people…”
What is Epistrophe
When someone says "the weather is great today" if it is clearly not.
Yoda speaks using this figurative language-- he does.
Chiasmus
In his poem "Fire and Ice" poet Robert Frost compares two contradicting things... What type of figurative language is he utilizing here?
What is Antithesis
Name the term associated with the phrase "They were as quiet as a mice"
What is: Personification
This is the figurative language device used when Neil Armstrong stated:
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
What is Antithesis
The Ding-Dong of the doorbell is an example of this figurative language term
What is Onomatopoeia
When you say that everything is fine but in reality it is not fine.
What is an Understatement
This type of figurative language is being portrayed in Charles Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities" when he writes:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way”
What is Anaphora.
"This vacuum sucks!" Is an example of this term at work.
What is Pun
What type of Figurative language is being brought to us from flavor-town when Guy Fiere states"Winner Winner Chicken Dinner?"
What is Assonance
In this famous quote from the "I have a dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr is exemplifying this figurative language term:
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is Parallelism