Figures of Speech under Scheme
What is a figure of speech that involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
Hyperbole
Which figure of speech involves giving human qualities to non-human entities?
Personification
What figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
Which figure of speech is used to imply a comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'?
Metaphor
What figure of speech involves the substitution of one word for another closely related word?
Synecdoche
Which figure of speech involves the use of a part to represent the whole or vice versa?
Metonymy
What figure of speech involves giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics?
Pathetic fallacy
Which figure of speech involves the use of the same consonant sound in close proximity?
Alliteration
What figure of speech involves the use of contradictory terms in close proximity?
Oxymoron
Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same vowel sound in close proximity?
Assonance