9 B Quiz The Figures of Speech
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- Q1
Which figure of speech compares two unlike things, that aren’t alike but do have something in common?
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
30s - Q2
“Like” or “as”, does not use in which figure of speech?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Irony
30s - Q3
An example of metaphor includes:
My son is a moon
My son is like a moon.
My son is as beautiful as moon
30s - Q4
Which figure of speech or literary device compares two dissimilar things by using the key words “like” or “as”?
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
30s - Q5
Best examples of simile include:
My son is like a moon, They fought like cats and dogs
Cool as a cucumber, Slept like a log
Both a and b
30s - Q6
“A moist young moon hung above the mist of a neighboring meadow” is an example of which literary device?
Metaphor
Symbol
Alliteration
30s - Q7
The repetition of an initial consonant sound is called:
assonance
alliteration
imagery
30s - Q8
The snake trying to escape the pursuing stick, with sudden curvings of thin long body. How beautiful and graceful are his shapes! He glides through the water away from the stroke. O let him go over the water into the reeds to hide without hurt. What is the figure of speech used in these lines?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
30s - Q9
Which one is the correct example of the Repetition?
The president said, “Work, work, and work,” are the keys to success.
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”
The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.
30s - Q10
_______________ is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times.
Assonance
Consonance
Repetition
30s