Figures of Speech and Literary Devices

What is hubris?

• Excessive pride

• Exaggerated statements

• Visually descriptive language

• A seemingly absurd statement

What is hyperbole?

• A group of words with a hidden meaning

• Exaggerated statements

• A figure of speech using like or as

• A joke exploiting different word meanings

What is an idiom?

• A distinctive feature in a literary composition

• A figure of speech using contradictory terms

• A seemingly absurd statement

• A group of words with a hidden meaning

What is imagery?

• Exaggerated statements

• A figure of speech using contradictory terms

• Visually descriptive language

• A joke exploiting different word meanings

What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech using like or as

• A seemingly absurd statement

• A distinctive feature in a literary composition

• A joke exploiting different word meanings

What is a motif?

• A group of words with a hidden meaning

• A distinctive feature in a literary composition

• A figure of speech using contradictory terms

• A joke exploiting different word meanings

What is an oxymoron?

• A figure of speech using like or as

• A seemingly absurd statement

• Exaggerated statements

• A figure of speech using contradictory terms

What is a paradox?

• A group of words with a hidden meaning

• A figure of speech using contradictory terms

• A seemingly absurd statement

• A distinctive feature in a literary composition

What is personification?

• A figure of speech using like or as

• A joke exploiting different word meanings

• A group of words with a hidden meaning

• The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman

What is a pun?

• A figure of speech using like or as

• A joke exploiting different word meanings

• A seemingly absurd statement

• The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman