" He drowned in a sea of grief."
this is an example of a metaphor or simile?
metaphor.
100
What are we supposed to do after ?
a) finish the graph
b) finishing the graph
c) do the graph
d) graph
b) finishing the graph
100
the action of repeating something that has already been said or written
repetition
100
The use of an indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing
Periphrasis
200
repetition of initial consonant sounds.
alliteration
200
" life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
Is this a metaphor or simile?
simile.
200
The dog ate the bag of food because it was left open on the floor.
The dog ate the food is the INDEPENDENT clause.
True
False
false
200
the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association
contrast
200
the state of being parallel or of corresponding in some way.
parallelism
300
a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given a human characteristic.
personification
300
" on a starry winter night in portugal
Where the ocean kissed the southern shore
There a dream I never thought would come to pass
Came and went like the time spent through an hourglass."
-Teena Marie, "Portugese Love"
What is this an example of?
imagery
300
How many men signed the Mayflower Compact is an interrogative sentence.
True
False
true
300
a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins”
antithesis
300
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
ex) shut and close
synonym
400
an expression having a special meaning different from the usual meanings of the words.
idiom
400
"His eye met hers as she sat there paler and whiter than anyone in the vast ocean of anxious faces about her."
What is this an example of?
Synecdoche
400
The student studied for his Algebra test, as a result, he made a 100.
He made a 100 is the DEPENDENT clause.
True
False
true
400
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
pun
400
a word opposite in meaning to another.
ex) good, bad
antonym
500
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear.
oxymoron
500
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me you ears."
What is this an example of?
Metonymy
500
Select the answer that indicates the complete subject in the following sentence:
John, Paul, Hector and I are going camping this weekend.
a)John
b) I
c) weekend
d) John, Paul, Hector
e)John, Paul, Hector and I
John, Paul, Hector and I
500
the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they
anaphora
500
each of two words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same way and having different meanings and origins.
ex) rain, reign