Figures of Speech Comprehension

This is known as the dictionary definition of the figure of speech.

• connotation
• denotation

This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

These parts of speech uses words or phrases to contradict themselves.

• simile/metaphor
• oxymoron/paradox

This figure of speech compares two unlike things using like or as to help make the comparison.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

This figure of speech uses the situation or context of the situation of the word to alter the word's meaning.

• denotation
• connotation 

"Pretty Ugly" is an example of which Figure of Speech?

• simile
• metaphor
• oxymoron
• personification

This is the attitude the author give the character or the piece he or she has written.

• Mood
• Tone

This is the atmosphere the author has given the piece, typically a fictional piece.

• Tone
• Mood