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WorksheetsImagery, Diction, and Figures of Speech
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
A figure of speech which implied comparison between two unlike things that have something in common.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Metonymy
The sentence "Sunday is cleaning day. By the time we're done, the house is as clean as a whistle. " is an example of what figure of speech?
(a)
It is a figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole, and thus something else is understood within the
thing mentioned.
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
Metonymy
hyperbole
(a) is a general term covers the use of language to represent objects, actions, feelings, thoughts, ideas, states of mind and any sensory experience. It appeals to the readers' senses and imagination.
Give one reason why writers use imagery.
(a)
It refers to the selection of words in a literary work. A work’s _____ forms one of its centrally important literary elements as writers use words to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values.
diction
imagery
figures of speech
It is the comparison formed with “like” or “as” between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common.
(a)
A figure of speech which uses words that imitate sounds associated with objects or actions.
(a)
A figure of speech which occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.
(a)
The sentence "The tired old car coughed and weezed and crawled down the street." is an example of hyperbole.
true
false
What do you call the figure of speech that is addressing an absent person or thing that is an abstract, inanimate, or inexistent character.
(a)
It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing hats and jackets. Is an example of what figure of speech?
(a)
_____ is a figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis.
apostrophe
hyperbole
alliteration
assonance
A figure of speech in which the name of an attribute or a thing is substituted for the thing itself.
(a)
The definition of synecdoche requires the substituted term to be either a part of the whole or a whole standing in for a part. Metonymy, on the other hand, can
refer to the substitution of a term that is connected in any way to the original concept.
TRUE
FALSE
You look awfully pretty in that coat. Awfully pretty is an example of what figure of speech?
(a)
It is a statement which seems on its face to be logically contradictory or absurd yet turns out to be interpretable in a way that makes sense.
Paradox
Oxymoron
Synecdoche
Metonymy
It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
Assonance
Alliteration
Apostrophe
HYperbole
(a) is the repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words.
(a) are words or phrases used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect.
What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
Photography is one of my hobbies.
I own an expensive camera.
I like to visit art museums.
Photos of me are always really good.
This sentence is an example of:
