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What is it called when you give an object human abilities, like talking?
It's called a personification
What figure of speech is used in the example "her smile was a ray of sunshine"?
Metaphor
What is it called when two opposite ideas are placed next to each other for contrast, like "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?
Antithesis
What rhetorical device is used in the sentence "the classroom was a zoo during the test"?
Metaphor
What figure of speech is used in the example "the stars danced across the night sky"?
Personification
What are the words: Crash! Boom! Bang!
The words are onomatopoeia words
What figure of speech is used in the example "the alarm clock screamed at me until I woke up."
What figure of speech is used in the example "my car groaned and refused to start this morning"
The figure of speech used is a personification
What figure of speech is used in the example "the wind whispered secrets through the trees"?
Personification
What rhetorical device is used in the example "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?
Alliteration
What rhetorical device is used in the sentence "there was a deafening silence in the room"
The rhetorical device used is an oxymoron
What rhetorical device is used in the example "he has a heart of gold"?
The rhetorical device used is a metaphor
What figure of speech is used in the example "the key to my heart is.."
The figure of speech used is a metaphor
What figure of speech is used in the example "i'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
The figure of speech used is hyperbole
What is it called when successive sentences begin with the same word or phrase, like "Every day, every week, every month"?
Anaphora
What figure of speech is used in the sentence "i'm dying of laughter"
The figure of speech used is hyperbole
What rhetorical device is used in "the sly snake slithers"
The rhetorical device used is an alliteration
What is the figure of speech used in the example "busy as a bee"
What figure of speech is the word "bittersweet"
The figure of speech used is an oxymoron
What figure of speech is used in the example "I've told you a million times to clean your room"?
Hyperbole
What rhetorical device is used in the phrase: "Stay safe. Stay focused. Stay strong."
The rhetorical device used is anaphora
What is the rhetorical device used when someone repeats the same word or phrase at the end of successive sentences called?
The rhetorical device used is called epiphora
What rhetorical device(s) is used in Caesar's quote "veni, vidi, vici" or in english "I came, I saw, I conquered"
The rhetorical device used is a tricolon OR alliteration
Double points if you name both.
What is the rhetorical device used when a word is repeated right after itself for emphasis, like "never, never give up"?
Epizeuxis
What is the rhetorical device that lists three parallel ideas for rhythm and emphasis, like "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?
Tricolon