Question 1

Which language feature is used to compare two things using 'like' or 'as'?

Accepted Answer

Simile

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Metaphor

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Onomatopoeia

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Personification

Question 2

Which language feature is used when an object or animal is given human-like qualities?

Accepted Answer

Personification

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Alliteration

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Oxymoron

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Hyperbole

Question 3

What language feature involves the use of exaggerated statements or claims for emphasis?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

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Onomatopoeia

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Assonance

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Alliteration

Question 4

Which language feature involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

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Imagery

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Oxymoron

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Assonance

Question 5

Which language feature involves the use of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

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Anaphora

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Euphemism

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Irony

Question 6

What language feature involves using contradictory terms in conjunction for a paradoxical effect?

Accepted Answer

Oxymoron

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Simile

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Hyperbole

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Metaphor

Question 7

Which language feature involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

Accepted Answer

Anaphora

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Onomatopoeia

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Alliteration

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Assonance

Question 8

Which language feature involves the use of words that create a mental picture or appeal to the senses?

Accepted Answer

Imagery

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Personification

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Hyperbole

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Alliteration

Question 9

'It was heartbreaking to see the poor children so devastated' This is an example of ...

Accepted Answer

Emotive language

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Alliteration

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Rhetorical Questions

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Triples

Question 10

'The pale clouds ran across the sky.' This is an example of ...

Accepted Answer

Personification

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Repetition

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Anaphora

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Simile

Question 11

'It was a day for celebrating. It was a day for commiserating. It was a day to forget forever.' This is an example of ...

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Anaphora and Triples

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Anaphora and metaphor

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Repetition and Alliteration

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Rhetorical question and similie

Question 12

'The bomb exploded with such a ferocity it was like a tiger had been unleashed

Accepted Answer

simile

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metaphor

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onomatopoeia

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anaphora

Question 13

The goalkeeper was asleep for 100 minutes of the game today.

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

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simile

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triple

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repetition

Question 14

"It was old news - the original copy of Shakespeare's plays were stolen" This is an example of ...

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

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alliteration

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metaphor

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hyperbole

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