Figurative Language & Poetic Devices
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- Q1What is the poetic device that compares two things using "like or as"?MetaphorSimilePersonificationOnomatopoeiaHyperbole30s
- Q2What is the poetic device that compares two things by using one to represent the other?SimileOnomatopoeiaHyperboleMetaphorPersonification30s
- Q3What is the poetic device when a word demonstrates a sound?SimilePersonificationHyperboleMetaphorOnomatopoeia30s
- Q4What is the poetic device that gives human qualities to something not human?SimileMetaphorPersonificationOnomatopoeiaHyperbole30s
- Q5What is the poetic device that exaggerates something beyond belief for emphasis?HyperboleMetaphorSimileOnomatopoeiaPersonification30s
- Q6What is the poetic device that is a play on the meaning of a word or two similar-sounding words?MetaphorPunOnomatopoeiaSimilePersonification30s
- Q7What is the poetic device when a part of something stands or means the whole?HyperboleOnomatopoeiaSynecdocheSimileMetonymy30s
- Q8What is the poetic device when a term is substituted for the word itself, often with a relation to the thing itself?PersonificationMetonymyMetaphorSimileOnomatopoeia30s
- Q9What is the poetic device called when the beginning of words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds in stressed syllables, and the words are close together?OnomatopoeiaPersonificationSimileMetaphorAlliteration30s
- Q10What is the poetic device that involves the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of sentences or phrases to create a rhythmic effect?AnaphoraPersonificationSimileOnomatopoeiaMetaphor30s