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#gm Type- Figurative Language Terms - Statistics

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Question Answer Hint % Correct
Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or comedy. Hyperbole They've got truckloads of money.
100%
Repetition of the same initial consonant sound in successive words. Alliteration Those purple pigs are preposterous.
0%
Deliberate changing of normal word order for emphasis. Anastrophe Ugly she was not.
0%
Repetition of the same vowel sound in neighboring words. Assonance Hear, not fear, the wisdom of wizards.
0%
Repetition of the same consonant sound in neighboring words. Consonance The big dog dug a hole.
0%
An agreeable or inoffensive term used to replace a rude or offensive one. Euphemism didn't make it = has died
0%
A commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. Idiom This is the last straw.
0%
A word that looks like what it means. Logos-glyph She had eyes like pools.
0%
A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another. Metaphor This bedroom is a prison.
0%
The use of a word which sounds like what it represents. Onomatopoeia I can hear it sizzling?
0%
When non-human objects are given human traits. Personification Summer's healing rays
0%
A word made by blending the meanings and parts of the spellings of two or more other words Portmanteau spork or fanzine
0%
A witticism that plays on the different meanings of a word or two words that sound alike but have different meanings. Pun I'm an honest cheetah.
0%
A figure of speech that likens one thing to another (usually by using the word like or as). Similes She sings like an angel.
0%
Involves inserting a word into another word (or dividing a word up into chunks). Used for emphasis. Tmesis Un-be-lievable!
0%
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