Literary Devices
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- Q1Which type of figurative language compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?PersonificationHyperboleSimileMetaphor30s
- Q2Which type of figurative language is an exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous or funny?HyperboleSimilePersonificationMetaphor30s
- Q3Which type of figurative language involves repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words close together?AlliterationIdiomRepetitionOnomatopoeia30s
- Q4Which type of figurative language involves a phrase that is made up of words which can't be understood by literal meaning?IdiomSimileMetaphorPersonification30s
- Q5Which type of figurative language involves words that are sounds?RepetitionOnomatopoeiaAlliterationIdiom30s
- Q6Which type of figurative language involves repeating the same word or phrase more than once close together?RepetitionOnomatopoeiaHyperboleAlliteration30s
- Q7Which type of figurative language involves a way of describing something by comparing it to something else directly?HyperbolePersonificationMetaphorSimile30s
- Q8Which type of figurative language involves giving something that is not human human qualities or characteristics?SimileHyperboleMetaphorPersonification30s
- Q9Which type of figurative language involves an exaggeration of the truth, usually meant to be humorous or funny?MetaphorHyperboleSimilePersonification30s