Figurative Language #1
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
What is hyperbole?
He is as quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
He is older than the hills.
What is hyperbole?
Vicky Vinc viewed a very valuable vase.
What is alliteration?
The camera loves me.
What is personification?
The branches bowed to the ground.
What is personification?
He is the apple of my eye.
What is a metaphor?
Zing, went the violin strings.
What is onomatopoeia?
She was as brave as a lion.
What is a simile?
Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
What is alliteration?
It might be a great sight tonight.
What is assonance?
Her leaving was bitter sweet.
What is oxymoron?
He was such a Romeo when he gave you the flowers.
What is a allusion?
I am not afraid of the dentist office. My dentist knows the drill.
What is a pun?
He was such a Judas when he betrayed you.
What is an allusion?
It was sad when she passed away.
What is a euphemism?
It was a time of laughter, a time of tears, it was a time of everything at once.
What is an anaphora?
The parking lot had a lot of new and used wheels on it.
What is a synecdoche?
The police station was robbed this weekend.
What is irony?
He acts like a Scrooge during all holidays.
What is an allusion?
a figure of speech that is contradictory terms appear in conjunction. ( It is normally deliberate to add humor.)
What is a oxymoron?
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 a synecdoche?
a deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
What is anaphora?
a polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise might be considered harsh or unpleasant to hear
What is a euphemism?
a figure of speech that makes brief indirect references to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
What is an allusion?