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What's the Language?

Quiz by Roslyn Daly

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11 questions
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  • Q1
    I poured myself a cup of coffee in the teacher's lounge and took a sip. it wasn't Starbucks, but the jolt of hot steamy caffeine helped wake me up.
    allusion
    personification
    imagery
    idiom
    120s
  • Q2
    My knees were jelly!
    metaphor
    idiom
    simile
    personification
    120s
  • Q3
    How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, in the icy air of night!
    onomatopoeia
    simile
    imagery
    personification
    120s
  • Q4
    I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.
    repetition
    allusion
    personification
    alliteration
    120s
  • Q5
    We were all starry-eyed as we stepped into the doctor's mansion. "I don't think Buckingham Palace is as fancy as this house!" Mom gasped under her breath.
    allusion
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    idom
    120s
  • Q6
    The dress was a sparkling ruby as it reflected light from every angle.
    simile
    hyperbole
    personification
    metaphor
    120s
  • Q7
    She felt as sick as a dog when she had the flu.
    simile
    allusion
    metaphor
    personification
    120s
  • Q8
    Word spread throughout the village about Doris and Brew.
    hyperbole
    metaphor
    idiom
    repetition
    120s
  • Q9
    He poured his heart out to his girlfriend. The letter was as poetic as if Shakespeare himself had written it.
    idiom
    allusion
    simile
    personification
    120s
  • Q10
    Poppy thinks he got away with his lie but he paid for it when he went to jail.
    imagery
    hyperbole
    allusion
    idiom
    120s
  • Q11
    Her dad looked like a bald eagle because he lost all his hair.
    idiom
    personification
    metaphor
    simile
    120s

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