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Quiz by Jill Hurley, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jill Hurley
over 5 years ago
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Question 1
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Definition: Literal
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Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor
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Casual references designed to call something to mind
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Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis
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Languages that gives animals or objects human characteristics
Question 2
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Definition: Figurative
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Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification
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An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned
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Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound
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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing
Question 3
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Definition: Allusions
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Casual references designed to call something to mind
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A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
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A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect
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The central topic of a written composition
Question 4
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Definition: Theme
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The central topic of a written composition
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A comparison that says one thing IS another, not using “like” or “as”
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Language that gives animals or objects human attributes
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Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor
Question 5
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Definition: Archetype
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An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned
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Casual references designed to call something to mind
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Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification
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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing
Question 6
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Definition: Simile
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A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”
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A comparison that says something IS another, not using “like” or “as”
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Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound
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Casual references designed to call something to mind
Question 7
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Definition: Hyperbole
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Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis
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Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor
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An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned
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The central topic of a written composition
Question 8
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Definition: Alliteration
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Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound
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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing
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A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect
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Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification
Question 9
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Definition: Metaphor
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A comparison that says one thing IS another, not using “like” or “as”
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A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”
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Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis
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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing
Question 10
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Definition: Personification
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Language that gives animals or objects human attributes
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Casual references designed to call something to mind
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Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound
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An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned
Question 11
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Definition: Onomotopaeia
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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing
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Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor
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The central topic of a written composition
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Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis
Question 12
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Definition: Oxymoron
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A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect
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A comparison that uses “like” or “as”
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Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound
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Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification
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