Lexical/phonetic expressive means and stylistic devices

Sally sells seashells by the seashore. This is an example of:

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

My sister's room is a pig pen. This is an example of:

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two dissimilar things is called:

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Simile

The type of figurative language that has a special meaning different from the actual meaning is called:

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

The plates danced on the shelves during the earthquake. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Personification

The following statement is an example of a which figurative language?"I have told you a million times to come home at 9:00 pm!"

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idiom

• Metaphor

"Jumbo Shrimp" and "Pretty Ugly" are both examples of:

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Personification

If vegetarians eat vegetables, then what do humanitarians eat?

• Allusion

• rhetorical question

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

My brother is the black sheep of the family.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Metaphor

The president said, "Work, work, and work," are the keys to success.

• Simile

• repetition

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration