Rethorical devices

Question 1

Metaphor

Answer 1

• Describes something in a way that isn’t literally true
• A word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

• Comparison of things

* Uses words such as “like”, “as”, “so”, or “than”

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

• Imitation of the natural sound of a thing

Question 5

Euphemism

Answer 5

• A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

• An exaggeration that gives emphasis

Question 7

Rhetorical question

Answer 7

• Obvious conclusion presented as question

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

• To say something and mean the opposite