Literary Devices and Figurative Language Challenge

Question 1

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Metaphor

Question 2

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Simile

Question 3

"Ogres are like onions" is an example of...

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A Simile

Question 4

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Allusion

Question 5

A comparison between two things which are basically unalike but have something in common; does NOT use like or as.

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Metaphor

Question 6

"Behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons" is an example of...

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Alliteration

Question 7

When human-like qualities are given to something non-human.

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Personification

Question 8

"Put your best foot forward" is an example of _____.

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An idiom

Question 9

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Hyperbole

Question 10

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Onomatopoeia

Question 11

What two literary devices can be found in the line "Choose the words that cut like a razor"?

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Personification and Simile

Question 12

Descriptive language in which the writer relies heavily on sensory details.

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Imagery

Question 13

"In your wildest dreams" is an example of _________?

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An idiom

Question 14

"Sock" and "Pow" are examples of...

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Onomatopoeia

Question 15

A COMMON expression whose overall meaning is different from the meanings of individual words.

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Idiom

Question 16

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Simile

Question 17

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Metaphor

Question 18

A purposeful exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect.

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Hyperbole

Question 19

The opposite of what we expect is in fact reality.

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Situational Irony

Question 20

A figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike things using like or as.

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Simile

Question 21

"Life is your restaurant and I'm your maitre'd" is an example of...

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A metaphor

Question 22

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Hyperbole

Question 23

"I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant" is an example of...

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A hyperbole

Question 24

Language that communicates beyond the literal meanings of words.

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Figurative language

Question 25

What literary device is used in these lyrics?

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Personification

Question 26

What literary device is seen in this clip?

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Hyperbole

Question 27

The use of "Hank", "Cash", and "the Holy Ghost" is an example of __________.

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An Allusion

Literary Devices and Figurative Language Challenge

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Literary Devices and Figurative Language Challenge

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