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2nd Practice: Figurative Language

Quiz by Carolyn Herman

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  • Q1
    Chris carries kid's kites
    Anaphora
    Epistrophe
    Alliteration
    Refrain
    30s
  • Q2
    The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers. The starry night sky danced with bright white lights. The fragrance of spring flowers made him joyful. The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him.
    Alliteration
    Imagery
    Oxymoron
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q3
    Forgive them father for they know not what they do. Forgive them father for they know not what they do.
    Shift
    Enjambment
    Imagery
    Refrain
    30s
  • Q4
    We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air... we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
    Shift
    Anaphora
    Enjambment
    Refrain
    30s
  • Q5
    A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day!
    Enjambment
    Anaphora
    Refrain
    Epistrophe
    30s
  • Q6
    Alone Together
    Allusion
    Oxymoron
    Hyperbole
    Epistrophe
    30s
  • Q7
    Bittersweet
    Epistrophe
    Hyperbole
    Oxymoron
    Allusion
    30s
  • Q8
    Saul's psycho sister sells cider
    Anaphora
    Alliteration
    Epistrophe
    Refrain
    30s
  • Q9
    She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation in a beautiful place.
    Hyperbole
    Alliteration
    Imagery
    Oxymoron
    30s
  • Q10
    The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
    Imagery
    Enjambment
    Shift
    Refrain
    30s
  • Q11
    In every cry of every Man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
    Refrain
    Enjambment
    Shift
    Anaphora
    30s
  • Q12
    And that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
    Enjambment
    Refrain
    Epistrophe
    Anaphora
    30s
  • Q13
    Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.
    Enjambment
    Shift
    Allusion
    Refrain
    30s
  • Q14
    You're a good writer, but you're no Shakespeare
    Refrain
    Shift
    Allusion
    Enjambment
    30s

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