Figurative Language

4. an inverted order of repeated words
8. describes something in a way that makes it seem less important
10. _______________ of speech figures
11. words or actions are clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
12. contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of
14. The sausages are sizzling in the pan.
15. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
16. a big lie

1. sweet birds sang
2. a speaker directly addresses someone that is not present
3. a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement
5. the substitution of the name
6. a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word
7. the attribution human characteristics to something nonhuman
9. Quiet as a mouse
12. the repetition of the sound of a vowel
13. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa