level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Simlie | A figure of speech involving comparison with another objete using like or as |
| What is a metaphor | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
| What is alliteration | The same letter or sound at the beginning of closely related words |
| Assonance means | the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words |
| a piece of poetry | Rhyme |
| the act of doing or performing again | Repetition |
| extravagant exaggeration | Hyperbole |
| using words that imitate the sound they denote | Onomatopoeia |
| the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc. | Personification |
| given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought | Rhetorical Question |
| witty language used to convey insults or scorn | Sarcasm |