Welcome to your Figurative Language/Expressions (Senior Class English Study by Topic) NAME EMAIL PHONE NUMBER 1. 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.personificationhyperbolemetaphorsimile2. The attitude the speaker or narrator takes towards a subject or character is called ……. . It can be serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, concerned, tongue-in check, solemn, objective, etc.plottonesettingdiction3. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called_________________________.consonancealliiterationrepetitonassonance4. 'He had a sleepless night'The expression above is an example of ...........ZeugmaTransferred epithetSynecdocheHyperbole5. Which of the following is an example of assonance?the tiger was ready to pounce on its preythe man ate countless candy bars at the carnivalthe moon smiled at mei like mary6. A/an ____ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.literal languageliterary devicefigure of expressionidiom7. The figure of speech that has the repetition of some phrase or word at the beginning of successive clauses or verses is calledrepetitionanaphorasimilechiasmus8. What figure of speech is dominant in the sentence below?The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.personificationmetaphoridiomhyperbole9. Through poetry, you can express your thoughts and feelings.not exactlytrueprobablyfalse10. Which of these figures of speech is most dominant in the sentence below?I am so busy. I have a million things to do.hyperbolesimilemetaphorpersonification11. The language which works to evoke images in your mind is:moodimagerytonesentredre12. The figure of speech that seeks to address an absent person or thing is calledantithesissimilerhetorical questionapostrophe13. In literature using a part of something to stand for the whole is what?synecdochelitotespersonificationmetonymy14. Which of these figures of speech is dominant in the sentence below?Good luck getting that out because blueberry stains are stubborn.litoteszeugmametonymypersonification15. A figure of speech which has a modifier, usually an adjective, that qualifies a noun other than what it is actually describing is called ...........HyperboleAntithesisTransferred epithetPardox16. A comparison of two nouns that don’t use like or as is a/an ________.litotesmetaphorsimileoxymoron17. 'Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are'The above is an example ofapostrophezeugmalitotesoxymoron18. 'To err is human, to forgive is divine' is an example of ...............hyperboleoxymoronparadoxantithesis19. What figure of speech is dominant in the sentence below?I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.metaphorpersonificationhyperbolesimile20. What figure of speech is dominant in the sentence below?Charming children chat in the corner.idiomalliterationhyperbolepersonification21. 'You can order anything online with the CLICK of a mouse!' What literary device is the sentence above an example of?simileonomatopoeiametaphorhyperbole22. What figure of speech is most dominant in the sentence below?He did not realize his last chance was walking out the door.litotesmetonymyzeugmapersonification23. "A black bug bit a black bear, but where is the black bear that the black bug bit?" The above is an example of:assonancealliterationallusionconsonance24. The figure of speech that uses sounds to suggest meaning of words is calledchiasmusonomatopoeiazeugmaepanadiplosis25. What figure of speech is most dominant here?He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.simileoxymorononomatopoeiahyperbole26 out of 25Time is Up! Time's up
