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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.
    metaphor
    simile
    idiom
    personification


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


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."
    metonymy
    internal rhyme
    onomatopoeia
    simile


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


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


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


9. Sheep feet need sleep.
    paradox
    consonance
    assonance
    pun


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


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