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What Was That? Trivia 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.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ilona_Ritter. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Ilona_Ritter

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
145,469

Updated
Aug 06 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3526

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Question 1 of 10

1. Her eyes were emeralds. Hint

idiom

simile

metaphor

personification

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Question 2 of 10

2. The girl laughed like a hyena. Hint

simile

idiom

metaphor

personification

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Question 3 of 10

3. The boy had to go to the party with his friends, because everybody was going. Hint

alliteration

idiom

hyperbole

proverb

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Question 4 of 10

4. Many mice marched madly. Hint

alliteration

onomatopoeia

internal rhyme

hyperbole

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Question 5 of 10

5. What literary device does Swinburn use in this line: "Sister, my sister, O fleet sweet swallow?? Hint

metonymy

simile

onomatopoeia

internal rhyme

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Buzz" said the bee. What kind of literary word is used to describe "buzz"? Hint

alliteration

metaphor

onomatopoeia

idiom

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Question 7 of 10

7. The pony was quiet because he was a little horse. Hint

pun

idiom

hyperbole

paradox

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Question 8 of 10

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

allegory

symbol

metaphor

pun

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sheep feet need sleep. Hint

consonance

paradox

pun

assonance

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Question 10 of 10

10. The sun smiled down upon the people in the village. Hint

metaphor

personification

plot

simile

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Her eyes were emeralds.

Answer: metaphor

A metaphor is a comparison that doesn't use "like" or "as".

2. The girl laughed like a hyena.

Answer: simile

A simile is a comparison using "like" or "as."

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

Answer: hyperbole

A hyperbole is an exaggeration. The boy's view that "everyone" is going is an exaggeration because not "everyone" is going to the party.

4. Many mice marched madly.

Answer: alliteration

Alliteration is when the beginning sound is repeated such as the /m/ sound in "Many mice marched madly."

5. What literary device does Swinburn use in this line: "Sister, my sister, O fleet sweet swallow??

Answer: internal rhyme

An internal rhyme is a rhyme within a line.

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

Answer: onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia is a word that describes a sound.

7. The pony was quiet because he was a little horse.

Answer: pun

A pun is a play on words. When a person has trouble speaking it is said he is "hoarse" the pony can't talk because he's a little "horse".

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

Answer: symbol

A symbol is something that represents something else.

9. Sheep feet need sleep.

Answer: assonance

Assonance is the repeating of vowel sounds. In this case /ee/ is being repeated.

10. The sun smiled down upon the people in the village.

Answer: personification

Personification is giving human qualities to non human things.

Source: Author Ilona_Ritter

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