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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.
    idiom
    simile
    metaphor
    personification


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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