Figures of speech
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- Q1When a closely related term is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is used for a more abstract idea, it is referred to asmetaphormetonymyallusionpersonification20s
- Q2Knowing what type of figure of speech is more important than understanding its meaning.falsetrue20s
- Q3The first step in interpreting a simile or metaphor is toreason out the writer's intended meaningdecide the important way in which two things might be alikenone of the abovedetermine the two things that are being compared20s
- Q4"All the world's a stage, And all men and women are merely players; They have their exits and entrances."-William Shakespeare, As You Like Itsimilepersonificationmetonymymetaphor20s
- Q5Death lays its icy hands on kings.ironyhyperbolepersonificationapostrophe20s
- Q6Blind justice was not on his side.similemetaphorpersonificationallusion20s
- Q7"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. - William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18simileallusionmetaphorpersonification20s
- Q8Milton defined rhyme as "the jingling sound of like endings." What figure of speech could be defined as "the jingling sound of like beginnings?"assonanceonomatopoeiaalliterationconsonance20s
- Q9Which word does not suggest the actual sound it describes?gurglecacklehumyell20s
- Q10The affirmative expressed by the negation of its opposite is called ..ironyeuphemismsarcasmlitotes20s
- Q11After hurtling over the handlebars of his mountain bike, the racer tumbled down a rocky hillside, only to land in a bed of cactus. He then rolled over and said, "Boy, am I having a good time!" This illustrates what figure of speech?antithesisunderstatementhyperbolean irony20s
- Q12If a poet speaks of "the departed" instead of harshly saying "the dead" he is using which literary device?euphemismunderstatementlitotesirony20s
- Q13Which is not an oxymoron?trained incapacitymacabre tortureplanned chaosdisciplined relaxation20s
- Q14I think, therefore I yam. What figure of speech is employed?euphemismunderstatementpunirony20s
- Q15What figure of speech is present in these examples? - As he fled, he ran right into the law. - The town was starving within days.allusionmetonymysynecdochepersonification20s