Figurative Language

Question 1

When you tell your friend you “have a million things to do today” you’re guilty of...

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 2

Metaphor can be implied I.e. He barked commands at the team

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Similes make comparisons between two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Alliteration is the repetition of words with the same ending sounds.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

“ Love is a battlefield” is an example of...

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Metaphor

Question 6

Comic books make frequent use of this technique where words imitate sounds. Name the technique.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 7

The wind howled, time marches on, the stars smiled are all examples of...

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Personification

Question 8

_____ are plays on words that exploit multiple meanings and sounds of words to be humorous.

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Puns

Question 9

When a text references another text, person, place, or event it is called a...

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Allusion

Question 10

An idiom is a well known phrase which doesn’t translate. I.e. it’s raining cats and dogs

Accepted Answer

True

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