FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Match the figure of speech with its definition.

ALLITERATION 6- a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together
in a series;
ALLUSION 3- a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical,
cultural, literary or political significance;
ANTITHESIS 10- the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas;
HYPERBOLE 8- an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis;
IRONY 4- words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the
actual meaning of the words;
LITOTES 1- an understatement in which a positive statement is expressed by negating its
opposite;
METAPHOR 9- an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are
unrelated, but which share some common characteristics;
METONYMY 12- the name of a thing is replaced with the name of something else with which it is
closely associated/ a related thing.
OXYMORON 5- two seemingly contradictory words are placed together because their unlikely
combination reveals a deeper truth;
PERSONIFICATIO 11- a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes;
N
SIMILE 7- a comparison, showing similarities between two different things;
SYNECDOCHE 2- a part of something represents the whole, or a whole is used to represent a part;
1 an understatement in which a positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite;
2 a part of something represents the whole, or a whole is used to represent a part;
3 a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political
significance;
4 words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the
words ;
5 two seemingly contradictory words are placed together because their unlikely combination reveals a
deeper truth;
6 a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series;
7 a comparison, showing similarities between two different things;
8 an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis;
9 an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some
common characteristics;
10 the juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas;
11 a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes;
12 the name of a thing is replaced with the name of something else with which it is closely associated/ a
related thing.