Match the word to its correct meaning. 1. simile longer phrase or paragraph describing a seeming contradiction 2. oxymoron the use of human characteristics to describe ideas or inanimate objects 3. anaphora an indirect comparison between two things using “like” or “as” 4. personification repetition of a word or phrase at the start of a series of clauses 5. paradox combination of two words that seem to be contradictory

Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?