Shakespeare often used rhyming couplets to:

End scenes or emphasise important points

Two opposite words placed together

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses

An object that represents an idea

What is personification?

Giving human qualities to non-human things

What is alliteration?

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

What is onomatopoeia?

A word that sounds like its meaning

A direct comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'

In Shakespeare's plays, a soliloquy is:

A speech spoken by a character alone, revealing their thoughts

A speech to the audience that other characters can't hear

What is iambic pentameter?

A rhythm of unstressed and stressed syllables in poetry

What happens is the opposite of what you expect

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Figurative Language Quiz 1

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Test your knowledge on various types of figurative language such as metaphors, personification, alliteration, similes, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, irony, imagery, symbols, and oxymorons.

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1
True or False: A simile is the same as a metaphor.
Sometimes
True
False
Always
2
True or False: Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.
Sometimes
False
True
Always
3
Shakespeare often used rhyming couplets to:
Use personification
Make people laugh
Create metaphors
End scenes or emphasise important points
4
Oxymoron is:
A word that sounds like its meaning
A direct comparison between two things
An exaggeration
Two opposite words placed together
5
True or False: Imagery only describes how things look.
True
False
Sometimes
Always
6
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration
A direct comparison
A word that sounds like its meaning
The repetition of consonant sounds
7
True or False: Irony always makes people laugh.
Always
True
False
Sometimes
8
What is imagery?
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
A word that sounds like its meaning
A direct comparison between two things
An object that represents an idea
9
True or False: Personification gives animals human thoughts and feelings.
Sometimes
False
True
Always
10
A symbol is:
An exaggeration
An object that represents an idea
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A direct comparison between two things
11
What is personification?
The repetition of consonant sounds
A direct comparison between two things
An object that represents an idea
Giving human qualities to non-human things
12
True or False: A symbol in a story often stands for something bigger.
Sometimes
True
False
Always
13
What is alliteration?
A direct comparison between two things
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
A word that sounds like its meaning
Giving human qualities to non-human things
14
True or False: An oxymoron makes perfect logical sense.
Always
True
False
Sometimes
15
What is onomatopoeia?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
An exaggeration
A word that sounds like its meaning
A direct comparison
16
What is a metaphor?
A direct comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'
An exaggeration
A type of simile
A word that sounds like its meaning
17
Which of these is a metaphor?
A word that sounds like its meaning
The moon was a ghostly lantern
An exaggeration
The stars smiled down
18
In Shakespeare's plays, a soliloquy is:
A speech spoken by a character alone, revealing their thoughts
A speech to the audience that other characters can't hear
An exaggeration
A direct comparison between two things
19
An aside is:
An exaggeration
A direct comparison between two things
A speech spoken by a character alone
A speech to the audience that other characters can't hear
20
What is iambic pentameter?
A word that sounds like its meaning
An exaggeration
A direct comparison between two things
A rhythm of unstressed and stressed syllables in poetry
21
Irony is when:
An exaggeration
What happens is the opposite of what you expect
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A direct comparison between two things
22
Similes compare two things using:
Imagery
Like or as
Only direct comparisons
Oxymoron
23
Which of these is personification?
The stars smiled down
A word that sounds like its meaning
The moon was a ghostly lantern
An exaggeration
24
True or False: Metaphors use 'like' or 'as'.
Always
Sometimes
False
True

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