Connotations and Figures of Speech

Match the definition to the word: a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.

• Oxymoron

• Connotation

• Figure of Speech

• Paradox

Match the definition to the word: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

• Paradox

• Connotation

• Figure of Speech

• Hyperbole

What is the difference between "heated" and "passionate"?

• "Heated" has a negative connotation while "passionate" has a negative connotation.

• "Passionate" has a negative connotation while "heated" has a negative connotation.

• There is no difference in connotation.

• The words mean the exact same thing.

Match the definition to the word: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally:

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Figure of Speech

What figure of speech is this an example of? "It looks like a tornado went through here!"

• Simile

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Match the definition to the word: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Connotation

• Figure of Speech

Which figure of speech is this phrase an example of? "The silence was deafening."

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Match the definition to the word: a figure of speech that seems to contradict itself, but after looking closer, contains some sort of truth.

• Personification

• Paradox

• Simile

• Metaphor

What figure of speech best describes this quote by Oscar Wilde? "Life is too important to be taken seriously."

• Simile

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Choose the word that has the most positive connotation.

• Pushy

• Insistent

• Firm

• Determined