What is alliteration?

Repetition of consonant sounds.

A figure of speech using exaggeration for emphasis

What is onomatopoeia?

A figure of speech representing sounds

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Which of the following phrases is NOT an example of hyperbole?

"The stars twinkled like diamonds in the night sky."

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1
Which of the following is an example of assonance?
Billy bob reads big books.
The cat sat on the mat.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Snakes slither slowly sometimes and sometimes slither speedily away.
2
What is alliteration?
Repetition of vowel sounds.
Repetition of both vowel and consonant sounds.
Repetition of consonant sounds.
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
3
In the phrase "busy as a bee," what consonant sound is repeated?
/s/ (as in "as")
/i/ (as in "bee")
/z/ (as in "busy")
/b/ (as in "busy")
4
Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound more exciting or dramatic by exaggerating.
False
True
5
What is hyperbole?
A type of rhyme scheme
A figure of speech using exaggeration for emphasis
A form of onomatopoeia
A type of metaphor
6
Which of the following words is an example of onomatopoeia?
Jump
Fast
Whisper
Bark
7
What is onomatopoeia?
A type of rhyme scheme
A figure of speech representing sounds
A type of simile
A type of metaphor
8
Which literary device is closely related to assonance?
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Similie
9
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
"The sleepy sheep dream of green fields."
"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain."
"The cat sat on the mat."
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
10
Which of the following words is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
Clap
Hiss
Buzz
Speedy
11
I am confident I can use at least 2 literary devices to write a story.
Not yet!
YES!
12
Which of the following phrases is NOT an example of hyperbole?
"I'm so hungry, I could eat an elephant!"
"The stars twinkled like diamonds in the night sky."
"I'm so tired, I could sleep for a year!"
"I have a million things to do today."
13
What is assonance?
Repetition of consonant sounds.
Repetition of both consonant and vowel sounds.
Repetition of vowel sounds.
Use of onomatopoeia in writing.
14
In the phrase "Sally sells seashells by the seashore," there is an example of both alliteration and assonance.
False
True

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