figure of speech

2.HE’S AS HAIRY AS A GORILLA

• SIMILE

• METAPHOR

What is a simile?

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

Figure skaters are graceful, just like a swan.

What is this sentence?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Convention

• Nuance

a figure of speech that utilizes extreme exaggeration to emphasize a certain quality or feature.

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Oxymoron

a figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared to each other using the terms “like” or “as.”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Euphemism

• Personification

a figure of speech that connects two opposing ideas, usually in two-word phrases, to create a contradictory effect.

• Understatement

• Paradox

• Pun

• Oxymoron

The definition of personification is...

• a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.

• a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa.

• Hyperbole

• Synecdoche

• Irony

• Pun

Lea is a walking dictionary.

Which is the figure of speech?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• All the above

figure of speech that contains a “play” on words, such as using words that mean one thing to mean something else or words that sound alike in as a means of changing meaning.

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Pun