Welcome to your Figurative Language/Expressions (Senior Class English Study by Topic) NAME EMAIL PHONE NUMBER 1. A funny exaggeration is called a/an _____________________. litotes simile euphemism hyperbole 2. Which of the following is an example of assonance? i like mary the moon smiled at me the tiger was ready to pounce on its prey the man ate countless candy bars at the carnival 3. Which of these figures of speech is dominant in the sentence below?So I sit spinning still, round this decaying form, the fine threads of rare and subtle thought. alliteration simile assonance repitition 4. A unified group of lines in poetry that is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem is called theme metre rhythm stanza 5. What figure of speech is most dominant here?He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes. onomatopoeia simile hyperbole oxymoron 6. 'To err is human, to forgive is divine' is an example of ............... antithesis paradox oxymoron hyperbole 7. What figure of speech is most dominant in the sentence below?I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill. personification simile metaphor hyperbole 8. What figure of speech is dominant in the sentence below?The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads. personification hyperbole metaphor idiom 9. A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art is called a(n) . verse metre symbol allusion 10. Which of these lines from the poem contains an example of onomatopoeia "And murmuring of innumerable bees" "Come down, O maid, from yonder mountain height "In height and cold, the splendor of the hills" "That like a broken purpose waste in air" 11. In literature using a part of something to stand for the whole is what? metonymy personification litotes synecdoche 12. Through poetry, you can express your thoughts and feelings. probably false not exactly true 13. ______________________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human. hyperbole personnification simile metaphor 14. The repetition of consonant sounds but not vowels in a chunk of text is called repetition consonance assonance alliteration 15. The recurrence of stressed and unstressed sounds in poetry. Depending on how sounds are arranged, the ........ of a poem may be fast or slow, choppy or smooth alliteration rhythm verse onomatopoeia 16. A/an ____ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally. literal language idiom literary device figure of expression 17. "A black bug bit a black bear, but where is the black bear that the black bug bit?" The above is an example of: allusion alliteration consonance assonance 18. Which of the following examples contains an allusion? the aroma of freshly cut roses drifted accross the room the morning is a blank canvas, waiting for me to paint a new day i have run a million miles today he was a tragic hero, just like Odysseus 19. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called_________________________. assonance repetiton alliiteration consonance 20. A comparison using like or as is a/an _________________________. simile metaphor metonymy hyperbole 21. A dove flies across the sky while two men are fighting. This likely symbolizes: that they are happily fighting that peace will eventually come the graveness of the fight the heart of one of the men 22. What figure of speech is dominant in the sentence below? My love for you is deeper than the ocean. personification hyperbole metaphor hydrolisis 23. The figure of speech that uses sounds to suggest meaning of words is called onomatopoeia epanadiplosis zeugma chiasmus 24. What is it called when an audience watching a play understands what's going on in a drama while the characters are unaware of what is happening? sarcasm verbal irony dramatic irony emotional irony 25. What figure of speech is dominant in the sentence below?Charming children chat in the corner. personification alliteration hyperbole idiom 1 out of 25 Time is Up! Time's up
