What does "alliteration" mean?

Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings

A comparison without using "like" or "as"

What is the main purpose of figurative language?

To make text more engaging and interesting

What is an example of personification?

The wind whispered through the trees

What is onomatopoeia?

A figure of speech using sound words

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1
Which term describes a phrase that contradicts itself?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
2
What does "alliteration" mean?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
3
What is a metaphor?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings
A comparison using "like" or "as"
4
What is the main purpose of figurative language?
To make text more engaging and interesting
To provide a literal meaning
To reveal the author's intent
To clarify the meaning of a word
5
What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
6
Which literary device is used in the phrase "The world is my oyster"?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
7
Which literary device is used in the phrase "She was a ray of sunshine"?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
8
What is an example of personification?
Her smile was as bright as the sun
She sells seashells by the seashore
The wind whispered through the trees
Time flies
9
Which literary device is used in the phrase "Time flies"?
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
10
What is the term for a play on words with similar sounds?
Simile
Pun
Metaphor
Personification
11
Which literary device compares two things using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
12
What is onomatopoeia?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A figure of speech using sound words
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings
13
Which literary device is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
14
In which literary device does a word sound like its meaning?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
15
Which term describes exaggeration for emphasis?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole

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Figurative Language and Literary Devices - Parker

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Questions 15

Answers

1
Which term describes a phrase that contradicts itself?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Oxymoron
2
What does "alliteration" mean?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
3
What is a metaphor?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A comparison without using "like" or "as"
Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings
A comparison using "like" or "as"
4
What is the main purpose of figurative language?
To make text more engaging and interesting
To provide a literal meaning
To reveal the author's intent
To clarify the meaning of a word
5
What is the term for giving human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
6
Which literary device is used in the phrase "The world is my oyster"?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
7
Which literary device is used in the phrase "She was a ray of sunshine"?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
8
What is an example of personification?
Her smile was as bright as the sun
She sells seashells by the seashore
The wind whispered through the trees
Time flies
9
Which literary device is used in the phrase "Time flies"?
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
10
What is the term for a play on words with similar sounds?
Simile
Pun
Metaphor
Personification
11
Which literary device compares two things using "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
12
What is onomatopoeia?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
A figure of speech using sound words
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Repeating consonant sounds at word beginnings
13
Which literary device is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
14
In which literary device does a word sound like its meaning?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
15
Which term describes exaggeration for emphasis?
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole