What is a metaphor?
Basic Figures of Speech

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Kristin Harutyunyan
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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