TKAM Part 1 Figurative Language & Literary Devices

a reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event.

• allusion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• malapropism

giving an animal, object, or idea human characteristics or personality

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

a comparison using "like," "as," "so," "than," or words such as "resemble" or "compare"

• metaphor

• simile

• euphemism

• idiom

a figure of speech in which two opposite idea are joined to create an effect

• personification

• simile

• malapropism

• oxymoron

substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive.

• oxymoron

• malapropism

• euphemism

• idiom

a use of an incorrect word in place of a similar sounding word that results in a nonsensical and humorous expression

• malapropism

• euphemism

• idiom

• oxymoron

an expression that should not be interpreted literally; its meaning is figurative and means something quite different from the literal meaning of the phrase

• personification

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• idiom

an exaggeration or overstatement

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• personification

• idiom

"Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel."

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• idiom

Answer explanation

referring to Greek God Achilles