Figures of Speech

Figures of Speech

9th - 12th Grade

50 Qs

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Figures of Speech

Figures of Speech

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English

9th - 12th Grade

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Created by

Krishanu Biswas

Used 5+ times

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50 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which figure of speech is present in "a drowsy numbness pains / My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk"

Simile

Alliteration

Metaphor

Synecdoche

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When the poet says "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains / My sense" what figure is he using?

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Transferred Epithet

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the expression "lethe-wards had sunk" which rhetorical device is used?

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Allusion

Allegory

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which figure of speech is used in "light-winged Dryad of the trees"

Allusion

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the figure of speech in "Tasting of Flora and the country green / Dance, and Provencal song, and sunburnt mirth".

Inversion

Hyperbole

Imagery

Allegory

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which figure(s) can be found in "beaded bubbles winking at the brim"?

Alliteration

Personification

Hypallage

Hyperbole

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the figure of speech in "the blushful Hippocrene".

Allegory

Synecdoche

Inversion

Allusion

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