Fun with Language Figures!

What is the figure of speech used when someone says the opposite of what they really mean, often in a humorous way?

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used to make something sound less harsh or unpleasant?

• Eufemism

• Antithesis

• Anaphora

• Elipse

What is the term for an exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally?

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Prosopopeia

Which figure of speech involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?

• Anaphora

• Elipse

• Onomatopoeia

• Antithesis

What is the figure of speech where a word or phrase is left out, but the meaning is still understood?

• Metaphor

• Elipse

• Irony

• Hyperbole

Which figure of speech uses words that imitate the sound they describe?

• Onomatopoeia

• Eufemism

• Anaphora

• Prosopopeia

What is the term for a figure of speech that contrasts two opposite ideas?

• Antithesis

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Elipse

Which figure of speech gives human characteristics to non-human things?

• Prosopopeia

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Eufemism

What is the figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as"?

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

Which figure of speech is used when someone says, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"?

• Hyperbole

• Eufemism

• Elipse

• Onomatopoeia