Language Techniques Quiz

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English Language Techniques
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Question 1

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What is Onomatopoeia
Answer
  • he formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
  • a figure intended to represent an abstract quality.

Question 2

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How do you say "The women drink water" in Spanish?
Answer
  • Las mujeres beben agua
  • Las niñas bebe leche

Question 3

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What is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?
Answer
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole

Question 4

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What is giving human qualities to an inanimate object of animal?
Answer
  • Simile
  • Personification

Question 5

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"The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?
Answer
  • Simile
  • Hyperbole

Question 6

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"The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?
Answer
  • Personification
  • Hyperbole

Question 7

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"The wise fool is burning my taco" employs what kind of literary device?
Answer
  • Oxymoron
  • Personification

Question 8

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Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device in action?
Answer
  • Simile
  • Idiom
  • Nothing

Question 9

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What is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Answer
  • Potato Potarto
  • Oxymoron
  • Simile

Question 10

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What is the repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of words
Answer
  • Alliteration
  • Tortugas bebes leche
  • Personification
  • Idiom
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