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Language Features Quiz
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Test your knowledge on various language features and literary devices
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1
What is an example of an idiom?
The cat is sleeping
Feeling 'under the weather'
The sun is shining
Birds are singing
2
True or false: Euphemism softens harsh expressions.
True
False
3
True or false: An anecdote is a long story.
True
False
4
What does diction refer to?
Theme of text
Sentence length
Word choice
Paragraph structure
5
What does metaphor mean?
A poetic thing
A type of simile
Indirect comparison
Direct comparison
6
True or false: Tone refers to the writer's attitude, the emotion in the text.
True
False
7
What does enjambment mean?
Stanza break
Run-on line in poetry
Rhyme scheme
End-stopped line in poetry
8
True or false: Jargon is language specific to a craft or task
False
True
9
What is an example of total alliteration?
The sun shines bright
Silly snakes slither
Birds fly high
The cat is cute
10
Which is an example of a rhetorical question?
What time is it, today?
How are you yesterday?
Does it matter, losing your legs?
Where are we going?
11
True or false: Similes use 'like' or 'as'.
True
False
12
Which is an example of personification?
The sun is bright
The cat is fluffy
The wind whispered
The sky is blue
13
What is an example of irony?
A sunny day
A happy ending
A fire station burns down
A rainy day
14
Which is an example of a cliché?
Several clouds in the sky
Every cloud has a silver lining
A new beginning is new
Have a good day
15
True or false: Hyperbole is an understatement.
False
True
16
True or false: A
couplet
consists of two lines.
True
False
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Which is an example of a pun?
The cat sat on the mat
I used to be a baker
The sun is shining
Time flies like an arrow
