semantics - figurative language techniques

Question 1

metaphors

Answer 1

direct comparison of two things

Question 2

simile

Answer 2

using like or as to compare two things

Question 3

personification

Answer 3

given an inanimate object human like characteristics

Question 4

idiom

Answer 4

a group of words recognised as having a meaning other than semantic

Question 5

cliches

Answer 5

an over used/ obvious expression

Question 6

hyperbole

Answer 6

over exaggeration

Question 7

litotes

Answer 7

deliberate under exaggeration

Question 8

symbolism

Answer 8

when an object takes on another meaning

Question 9

elipsis

Answer 9

the deletion of words for the sake of economy of expression