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Figurative language and sound devices

Quiz by Sarah Mohrhauser

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16 questions
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  • Q1
    What is a figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates the truth for emphasis or effect?
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    Simile
    30s
  • Q2
    What is a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'?
    Onomatopoeia
    Personification
    Simile
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q3
    Which sound device repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words in close proximity?
    Alliteration
    Consonance
    Onomatopoeia
    Assonance
    30s
  • Q4
    What is a literary device where human characteristics are given to an object, animal, or idea?
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q5
    What is a literary device where a word imitates the sound it represents?
    Irony
    Onomatopoeia
    Hyperbole
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    30s
  • Q7
    What is an example of a metaphor?
    Her eyes were pools of darkness
    The sun was shining brightly
    He ran like a cheetah
    The wind whispered through the trees
    30s
  • Q8
    Which sound device is used in the phrase 'buzzing bees'?
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Onomatopoeia
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q9
    What sound device is used in the phrase 'sizzling sausages'?
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Personification
    Onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q10
    Which of the following is an example of personification?
    The cat sat lazily in the sun
    Her smile was like sunshine
    The trees danced in the wind
    The sun was shining brightly
    30s
  • Q11
    What sound device is used in the phrase 'tick-tock'?
    Hyperbole
    Onomatopoeia
    Metaphor
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q12
    Which sound device is used in the phrase 'pitter-patter'?
    Onomatopoeia
    Hyperbole
    Alliteration
    Personification
    30s
  • Q13
    What is an example of a simile?
    The car roared down the highway
    The flowers danced in the breeze
    The moon was a shining beacon
    Her hair was as black as night
    30s
  • Q14
    Which sound device is used in the phrase 'whispering wind'?
    Onomatopoeia
    Alliteration
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q15
    Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
    The wind whispered through the trees
    The sun was shining brightly
    He ran like a cheetah
    Time is a thief
    30s

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