Figurative language and sound devices
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- Q1What is a figure of speech that exaggerates or overstates the truth for emphasis or effect?MetaphorHyperbolePersonificationSimile30s
- Q2What is a figure of speech that implies a comparison between two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'?OnomatopoeiaPersonificationSimileMetaphor30s
- Q3Which sound device repeats the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words in close proximity?AlliterationConsonanceOnomatopoeiaAssonance30s
- Q4What is a literary device where human characteristics are given to an object, animal, or idea?SimileMetaphorPersonificationOnomatopoeia30s
- Q5What is a literary device where a word imitates the sound it represents?IronyOnomatopoeiaHyperboleAlliteration30s
- Q6What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?MetaphorPersonificationHyperboleSimile30s
- Q7What is an example of a metaphor?Her eyes were pools of darknessThe sun was shining brightlyHe ran like a cheetahThe wind whispered through the trees30s
- Q8Which sound device is used in the phrase 'buzzing bees'?HyperboleSimileOnomatopoeiaAlliteration30s
- Q9What sound device is used in the phrase 'sizzling sausages'?HyperboleMetaphorPersonificationOnomatopoeia30s
- Q10Which of the following is an example of personification?The cat sat lazily in the sunHer smile was like sunshineThe trees danced in the windThe sun was shining brightly30s
- Q11What sound device is used in the phrase 'tick-tock'?HyperboleOnomatopoeiaMetaphorAlliteration30s
- Q12Which sound device is used in the phrase 'pitter-patter'?OnomatopoeiaHyperboleAlliterationPersonification30s
- Q13What is an example of a simile?The car roared down the highwayThe flowers danced in the breezeThe moon was a shining beaconHer hair was as black as night30s
- Q14Which sound device is used in the phrase 'whispering wind'?OnomatopoeiaAlliterationMetaphorHyperbole30s
- Q15Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?The wind whispered through the treesThe sun was shining brightlyHe ran like a cheetahTime is a thief30s