Question 1

Onomatopoeia

Accepted Answer

Creation of words that imitate natural sounds

Answer

comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

Question 2

Assonance

Accepted Answer

When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

Answer

The repeating of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in succession.

Question 3

Personification

Accepted Answer

Giving human qualities to non-human objects, things, ideas, or animals.

Answer

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

Question 4

Metaphor

Accepted Answer

A direct comparison between two things to point out how they are similar.

Answer

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

Question 5

Alliteration

Accepted Answer

The repeating of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in succession.

Answer

A literary technique in which two contradictory words come together for a special effect

Question 6

Irony

Accepted Answer

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or sarcastic effect.

Answer

When two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.

Question 7

Hyperbole

Accepted Answer

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Answer

The creation of words that imitate natural sounds.

Question 8

Simile

Accepted Answer

A comparison; however, in this case, the two things being compared are linked together by “like” or “as.”

Answer

A direct comparison between two things to point out how they are similar.

Question 9

Oxymoron

Accepted Answer

A literary technique in which two contradictory words come together for a special effect

Answer

Giving human qualities to non-human objects, things, ideas, or animals.

Question 10

Idiom

Accepted Answer

An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.

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The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Question 11

The cow was mooing all night.

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Answer

oxymoron

Question 12

She sells seashells by the sea shore.

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Answer

assonance

Question 13

Her heart is gold.

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Answer

simile

Question 14

My parents are going to kill me when they find out I have 4 F's.

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Answer

idiom

Question 15

The car danced across the icy road.

Accepted Answer

personification

Answer

simile

Question 16

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

Accepted Answer

Assonance

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Alliterarion

Question 17

The fire station caught on fire.

Accepted Answer

Irony

Answer

Idiom

Question 18

My students are clearly confused.

Accepted Answer

Oxymoron

Answer

Onomatopoeia

Question 19

Kill two birds with one stone

Accepted Answer

idiom

Answer

irony

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