Figurative Language: TSI

A phrase that compares two unlikely things using "like" or "as" is a ​ (a)  

• simile
• personification
• hyperbole
• oxymoron

A phrase that compares two unlikely things

(a)  

• metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Euphemism

​ (a)   is a phrase that gives ​ (b)   qualities to nonhuman things

• Personification
• human
• animal
• onomatopoeia
• mechanical

An exaggeration that will never happen

(a)  

• hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Euphemism

Verbal Ironly

• Speaker says one thing but means another

• an exaggeration that will never happen

• a play of words

• an illogical expression that means something else

A group of words that are self-contradicting is a(n) ​ (a)  

• oxymoron
• allusion
• pun
• idiom
• euphemism

Match the following

• Idiom

• reference to a person, place, thing, or idea that is of great significance

• personification

• Substitutes a word or a phrase to make the expression less offensive or lessen the harshness of its meaning

• euphemism

• An illogical expression that means something else

• allusion

• A phrase that gives human qualities to nonhuman things

​ (a)   are words that mean their sound

• onomatopoeia
• allusion
• simile
• hyperbole

Match the following

• euphemism

• His cruel words are a sword to my heart.

• idiom

• The boy ran as fast as a cheetah.

• simile

• He passed away last night.

• metaphor

• Break a leg

substitutes a word or a phrase to make the expression less offensive or to lessen the harshness of its meaning

(a)  

• euphemism
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification