Exploring Figures of Speech in English

What is the primary purpose of using figures of speech in writing and conversation?

• To confuse the reader or listener

• To make the language more complex

• To use words in their literal sense

• To make the language more persuasive, vivid, and relatable

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The secretary was a busy bee.

• Life is one big roller-coaster ride.

• The moon shone bright like a diamond in the night sky.

• He was a lion in the battle.

How can you distinguish a simile from a metaphor?

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as', while a metaphor does not.

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as', while a simile does not.

• Both use 'like' or 'as'.

• Neither uses 'like' or 'as'.

Which figure of speech involves giving human traits to inanimate objects or abstract ideas?

• Simile

• Apostrophe

• Personification

• Metaphor

What is an apostrophe in the context of figures of speech?

• A punctuation mark

• A direct address to an absent or imaginary person or a personified object

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A substitution of the name of an attribute for the thing meant

Which of the following is an example of metonymy?

• The pen is mightier than the sword.

• He was as big as a giant.

• The sun stretched his golden arms.

• Twinkle Twinkle little Star

What is the difference between metonymy and synecdoche?

• Metonymy uses a part to represent the whole, while synecdoche uses the whole to represent a part.

• Synecdoche uses a part to represent the whole, while metonymy uses the whole to represent a part.

• Metonymy and synecdoche are the same.

• Metonymy uses 'like' or 'as', while synecdoche does not.

Which figure of speech involves the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

What is alliteration?

• Giving human traits to inanimate objects

• Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

• A play on words

• Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Which of the following lines is an example of assonance?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• The fat cat had a snack.

• Twinkle Twinkle little Star

• The pen is mightier than the sword.