Quiz #1 Figure of Speech

The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

• Alliteration

• Pun

• Anaphora

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Attribution of personal qualities; especially representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form

• personification

• metaphor

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

• simile

• oxymoron

• paradox

A combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness)

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• pun

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)

• oxymoron

• paradox

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated (such as “crown” in “lands belonging to the crown”)

• litotes

• metonymy

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them.

• litotes

• pun

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary.

• litotes

• irony

• pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.

• irony

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A