Figures Of Speech
Where and why do you use figures of speech?
Used in literature and poetry to enhance their writing
To present ordinary things in new and unusual way
To communicate ideas that goes beyond the literal meaning
None of the above
All of the above
She had hair as golden as the sunrise- Which sensory filter is used here
Auditory
Olfactory
Tactile
Visual
The bark on the tree was rough and brown- Which sensory filter is used here?
Kinesthetic
Visual
Tactile
None of the above
Imagery = Mental Picture
True
False
The snowflakes glittered like diamonds- Which sensory filter is used?
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthteic
Gustatory
Match the following FOS to its correct explanation
Metaphor
Juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction
Alliteration
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
Hyperbole
An imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way
Onometopoeia
Use of a word which imitates sound
Personification
Giving human traites and characteristics to something which isn't human
Oxymoron
Repetation of beginning consonet,vowel and/or ending consonent- vowel sound
Simile
Major exaggeration or over statement
The FOS used in the last question was- Alliteration
True
False
Rain races, ripping and restless in it's rage. This sentence is an example of a/an
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Personification
Hyperbole
Choose the examples which uses the FOS- Simile
Giddy as a School Girl
Like a kid on Christmas morning
Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, Too rude , too boist'rous , and it pricks like thorn
My life is an open book
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.- Identify the different figures of speech used in this Poem by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud- Simile
When all at once I saw a crowd- Personification
A host of golden daffodils- Visual Imagery and Personification
That floats on high O'er vales and hills.- Metaphor and Hyperbole
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze- Onometopoeia and personification
The Willow Tree shook her long hair- Alliteration
True
False
The angry clouds marched across the sky- Personification
True
False
All night long, thunder boomed in the distance- Oxymoron
True
False
The woolf was 100ft high- Hyperbole
True
False
My bagpack weighed a ton. Which figure of speech is used here?
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Sol sells cell phones- is an example of which FOS
Imagery
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
The bubble burst in brilliant blues and greens- Identify the figures of speech
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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