4 Kenji Figures of Speech Examples
Quiz by Kenji Warlot Deniega
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- Q1
The cat sat on the chair like a king overlooking his kingdom.
simile
30s - Q2
Time is money.
metaphor
30s - Q3
The sun greeted me when I woke up in the morning.
personification
30s - Q4
I would die for you.
hyperbole
30s - Q5
He took us for a spin in his new wheels (car).
synecdoche
30s - Q6
A driver whose license was confiscated by a traffic officer may say, “ Thank you officer, now that you have my license I can’t drive.”
irony
30s - Q7
Entering a child’s messy room and saying “Nice place you have here.”
verbal irony
30s - Q8
While Duncan thinks Macbeth is faithful to him, Macbeth is actually plotting to murder him. The audience knows this, but Duncan doesn’t.
dramatic irony
30s - Q9
A fire station that burns a t-shirt with a “Buy American” logo that is made in China a police station being burglarized.
situational irony
30s - Q10
That is amazingly awful.
oxymoron
30s - Q11
The louder you are, the less they hear.
paradox
30s - Q12
Less is more.
paradox
30s - Q13
The performance of the actors is not too bad.
litotes
30s - Q14
Robin believes that cats do not seem to be the smartest creatures.
litotes
30s - Q15
He passed away. (instead of saying he died.)
euphemism
30s