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"The library after hours was as silent as a cemetery" is an example of...
personification
assonance
pun
simile
2
Personification is...
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
when language appeals to one or more of the five senses
humorous play on words that sound alike
A word representing a sound
3
"The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain" is an example of...
alliteration
assonance
hyperbole
personifcation
4
"My mean neighbor is such a rat" is an example of...
alliteration
personification
metaphor
pun
5
Onomatopoeia is...
a humorous play on words that sound alike
A word representing a sound
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
Repeating the same consonant sound
6
Alliteration is...
An exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
Repeating the same consonant sound
A reference to an outside text, myth, classical literature, etc.
7
"The room was filled with deafening silence" is an example of...
allusion
onomatopoeia
personification
oxymoron
8
"His arms were long and loose, like an octopus' tentacles" is an example of...
simile
pun
alliteration
personifcation
9
"The ocean wave picked her up and slammed her onto the beach" is an example of...
personification
simile
metaphor
alliteration
10
An allusion is...
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
A reference to an outside text, myth, classical literature, etc.
An exaggeration
A word representing a sound
11
"The wind sang a song to the swaying trees" is an example of...
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
12
"To my dog, our neighborhood park is the Garden of Eden. " is an example of...
metaphor
pun
allusion
alliteration
13
“Broken pencils are pointless” is an example of...
personifcation
simile
hyperbole
pun
14
"You have dancing shoes with nimble soles, I have a soul of lead" is an example of...
pun
hyperbole
assonance
simile
15
Imagery is...
when language appeals to one or more of the five senses
humorous play on words that sound alike
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
an exaggeration
16
A simile is...
a humorous play on words that sound alike
A word representing a sound
A comparison using like or as
Repeating the same consonant sound
17
"This is the worst day anyone has ever had" is an example of...
hyperbole
metaphor
oxymoron
simile
18
"A big black bear burst out and bounded at me" is an example of...
metaphor
assonance
alliteration
hyperbole
19
A metaphor is...
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
An exaggeration
A comparison saying that one thing is another thing
A word representing a sound
20
"O brawling love! O loving hate!" is an example of...
oxymoron
imagery
alliteration
allusion
21
"Cows say
moo
and pigs say
oink
" is an example of...
oxymoron
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
22
"This quiz was harder than every test I've ever had put together" is an example of...
hyperbole
allusion
metaphor
personification
23
Hyperbole is...
when language appeals to one or more of the five senses
An exaggeration
Giving human characteristics to something
A word representing a sound
24
“Look, love, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.” is an example of...
hyperbole
metaphor
imagery
simile
25
"She had a Cinderella story" is an example of...
oxymoron
personifcation
allusion
imagery
26
"The doors to the castle swung open, inviting me in" is an example of...
metaphor
personification
alliteration
onomatopoeia
27
"That soccer player is a rhino trampling over his opponents" is an example of...
allusion
simile
metaphor
assonance
28
"The door opened with a
creak
" is an example of...
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
pun
alliteration
29
Assonance is...
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
An exaggeration
A reference to an outside text, myth, classical literature, etc.
Repeating the same vowel sound
30
"Peter promptly prepared the spicy peppers" is an example of...
onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
assonance
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"She sat in the library as quiet and timid as a mouse" is an example of...
metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
