Exploring Figurative Language
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Which figure of speech directly equates one thing with another for rhetorical effect, often by stating that something 'is' something else?

  • Allegory
  • Personification
  • Metaphor (correct)
  • Simile
  • What is the term for language that uses figures of speech to convey meaning beyond the literal interpretation of the words?

  • Trope
  • Irony
  • Personification
  • Figurative language (correct)
  • What is the term for a common or recurring literary and rhetorical device or motif used to convey a particular theme or meaning?

  • Figurative language
  • Trope (correct)
  • Allegory
  • Irony
  • Which figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as' to create a vivid or imaginative connection?

    <p>Simile</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for attributing human characteristics or qualities to non-human entities or objects?

    <p>Personification</p> Signup and view all the answers

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