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What Was That?

Created by Ilona_Ritter

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Language Use
What Was That game quiz
"Figurative language makes reading more interesting. I will give you an example of figurative and poetic language and you tell me what kind it is."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Her eyes were emeralds.
    simile
    idiom
    personification
    metaphor


2. The girl laughed like a hyena.
    metaphor
    simile
    idiom
    personification


3. The boy had to go to the party with his friends, because everybody was going.
    alliteration
    idiom
    hyperbole
    proverb


4. Many mice marched madly.
    internal rhyme
    alliteration
    onomatopoeia
    hyperbole


5. What literary device does Swinburn use in this line: "Sister, my sister, O fleet sweet swallow."
    simile
    metonymy
    internal rhyme
    onomatopoeia


6. "Buzz" said the bee. What kind of literary word is used to describe "buzz"?
    metaphor
    onomatopoeia
    idiom
    alliteration


7. The pony was quiet because he was a little horse.
    hyperbole
    paradox
    idiom
    pun


8. In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Pryne wears a scarlet A. What is this A in the literary world?
    allegory
    pun
    metaphor
    symbol


9. Sheep feet need sleep.
    assonance
    pun
    consonance
    paradox


10. The sun smiled down upon the people in the village.
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    plot


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