Question

1) Drag and drop the terms with the definitions.


a comparison made by using the words like or as


an implied comparison that does not use like or as


a figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to nonhuman things


an exaggerated comparison


a figure of speech in which a harsh terms is replaced with a more mild term


a figure of speech that places two seemingly opposite words side by side


a figure of speech in which what is said is not what is meant


a play on words

Choices
pun
personification
verbal irony
simile
metaphor
oxymoron
hyperbole
euphemism

Answer 1

1) a comparison made by using the words like or as — simile

2) an implied comparison that does not use like or as — metaphor

3) a figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to nonhuman things — personification

4) an exaggerated comparison — hyperbole

5) a figure of speech in which a harsh term is replaced with a more mild term — euphemism

6) a figure of speech that places two seemingly opposite words side by side — oxymoron

7) a figure of speech in which what is said is not what is meant — verbal irony

8) a play on words — pun