Figures of Speech

Front

What is a figure of speech that involves exaggeration?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a statement that seems contradictory but makes sense?

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Paradox

Front

What does the metaphor 'my heart is one of Darwin's Finches, learning to fly' imply?

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She gradually lets herself love a boy, and her heart becomes like a bird, because she learns how to love like a bird learns how to fly.

Front

What is the figure of speech called when words imitate real-life sounds?

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Onomatopoeia

Front

What is the term for the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a phrase?

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Alliteration

Front

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is the term for giving human traits to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is a figure of speech that involves a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is the term for a common expression that has a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning?

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Idiom

Front

What is the figure of speech that involves an understatement for effect?

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Litotes