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What is an oxymoron?

What is a pun?

Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory

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Explore the world of figurative language with questions about allusions, oxymorons, puns, and repetition

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What is a pun?
a word with a double meaning
a description
an exaggeration
a riddle
2
What is an oxymoron?
A cleaning product
A bird.
A stupid person
Two opposite words used together
3
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two objects and saying one is like another
An over-exaggeration
Use of descriptive words calling on any of the 5 senses
Comparing two things and saying one IS another
4
What is repetition?
Repetition of vowel sounds
Compares different things using like or as
The beat or timing of a poem
Using a word(s) more that once in a sentence or stanza
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What is a simile ?
a comparison between two things
when a writing says that one thing is really something else
a comparison of two things using the word 'like' or 'as'
a comparison using the word 'like'
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What is an allusion?
A magic trick
An object that is not what it seems
An indirect reference to a well known person, place, or book