Figures of Speech Identification Practice

Verbal irony - saying one thing but implying something very different. People use verbal irony when being sarcastic.

An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood literally. Its meaning must be learned.

Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.

Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

An allusion is a brief reference to something or someone well known, often from history or literature.

A simile uses like or as to compare two things that are not actually alike.

A metaphor compares two things that are not actually alike without using like or as.

A pun involves using a word or phrase in a humorous way that suggests more than one meaning.

Onomatopoeia involves using a word that expresses a sound.