Do You Know These Figures Of Speech ? English Test
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A figure of speech is a word or phrase that possesses a separate meaning from its literal definition. It can be a metaphor or simile, designed to make a comparison. It can be the repetition of alliteration or the exaggeration of hyperbole to provide a dramatic effect. 4 Do you know these Figures of Speech? Find out in thisEnglish Test
- 1.Is slang a type of a language technique?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Which type of language technique is used in this sentence? The parched pavement peeled in the hot summer sun.
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Personification
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- 3.What type of language technique is used in this sentence? The engine of the bi-plane moaned as it executed a huge arc in the sky. The tyres screeched as they hit the tarmac.
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Personification
- C.
Assonance
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- 4.Tick examples of slang.
- A.
G'day Mate!
- B.
That's wicked bro!
- C.
Drink the beer.
- D.
The hall was full of people.
- 5.What is a metaphor?
- A.
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
- B.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
- C.
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables
- D.
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind.
- 6.A rhetorical question...
- A.
Is a simple construction that strengthens the force of a point.
- B.
Is a question that has to be answered.
- C.
Forces audiences to agree to the only implied answer.
- D.
Uses emotive language and allows no room for the possibility of any other opinion and can therefore emotionally manipulate the reader to agree.
- 7."If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of what type of literary device?
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Hyperbole
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Pun
- 8."Flaming ice" is an example of what literary technique?
- A.
Hyperbole
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Paradox
- 9.Granny Smith is so old, she could be 837 years old!
- A.
Hyperbole
- B.
Pun
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Jargon
- 10.Which of these words is not an example of a Jargon?
- A.
Budget
- B.
Touchdown
- C.
Computer
- D.
Cache
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