Figure of speech
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- Q1Which figure of speech involves the comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?AlliterationSimileMetaphorHyperbole30s
- Q2What figure of speech involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect?PersonificationMetonymyOnomatopoeiaHyperbole30s
- Q3Which figure of speech gives human traits to non-human things?PersonificationOxymoronMetaphorSimile30s
- Q4What figure of speech involves a play on words that exploits multiple meanings for humor?EuphemismAllegoryAntithesisPun30s
- Q5Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a sequence of words?AssonanceAlliterationConsonanceRhyme30s
- Q6What figure of speech involves a comparison where one thing is described as if it were another, without using 'like' or 'as'?MetaphorSimileAlliterationEuphemism30s
- Q7Which figure of speech involves the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in a balanced way?ParadoxHyperboleAntithesisOxymoron30s
- Q8What figure of speech involves the use of similar sounding words with different meanings, often creating a humorous effect?SimileEuphemismAlliterationMalapropism30s
- Q9Which figure of speech is characterized by an expression that contradicts itself but may express a truth?ParadoxMetonymyEuphemismOxymoron30s
- Q10What figure of speech involves substituting the name of one object for that of another closely associated with it?MetonymyAlliterationSynecdochePersonification30s
- Q11Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?Time is a thief.The wind whispered through the trees.The classroom was a zoo.He ran like the wind.30s
- Q12What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'She's the apple of my eye'?MetaphorSimilePersonificationIdiom30s
- Q13Which figure of speech involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect?HyperboleIronyAlliterationAllegory30s
- Q14What is the term for a figure of speech that gives human traits to non-human things?SimileOxymoronPersonificationMetaphor30s
- Q15Which of the following is an example of alliteration?Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.A watched pot never boils.She sells sea shells by the sea shore.30s