FIGURES OF SPEECH and SOUND DEVICES

This figure of speech shows exaggeration.

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

This is the figure of speech that uses two words or phrases together that have, or seem to have, opposite meanings.

• OXYMORON
• PARADOX

• METAPHOR

• ONOMATOPEIA

His being late was a blessing in disguise. What type of figure of speech are the undelined words?

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Personification

The idiomatic expression "I am feeling under the weather" means that a person is feeling _________.

• happy

• lonely

• angry

• sick

A self-contradictory statement that, when explained, may be proven true and makes sense.

• PARADOX
• IDIOM

• SIMILE

• OXYMORON

The nightingale is singing a sweet lullaby. This is an example of what type of figure of speech?

• Paradox

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

The literary technique that adds sound and musicality to a piece of writing.

• figurative language

• figures of speech

• sound effects

• sound device

The literary device that uses language in a non-literal way to make a piece of writing more expressive and beautiful. It also adds meaning and power to the literary piece.

• figures of eight

• figures of speech

• figures and arts

• spoken figures

Bees are buzzing over the flowers in the garden. What type of figure of speech is used in the sentence?

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• personification

On a stormy night, the lightning danced across the sky.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole