Basic Figures of Speech

Basic Figures of Speech

10th Grade

10 Qs

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Basic Figures of Speech

Basic Figures of Speech

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Medium

Created by

Kristin Harutyunyan

Used 3+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

A metaphor is a type of poem.

A metaphor is a form of visual art.

A metaphor is a mathematical equation.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying one thing is another thing.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

personification

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is personification?

Personification is a type of painting technique.

Personification is a figure of speech.

Personification is a form of dance.

Personification is a type of mathematical equation.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figure of speech exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?

metaphor

hyperbole

understatement

irony

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is alliteration?

Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of adjacent or closely connected words.

Repetition of different sounds or letters at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Repetition of the same sound or letter at the end of words in a sentence.

Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which figure of speech repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

simile

metaphor

alliteration

rhyme

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Give an example of a metaphor.

Time is money.

The world is a stage.

Life is a rollercoaster.

Love is a battlefield.

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