Language Features Quiz

What is a metaphor?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things.

• A direct comparison without 'like' or 'as'.

• Deliberate exaggeration.

• A direct comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

Which of the following is an example of a simile?

• The wind whispered.

• Time is a thief.

• I’m starving.

• Brave as a lion.

What does personification do?

• It creates a direct comparison.

• It substitutes a related word for the thing meant.

• It gives human qualities to non-human things.

• It uses excessive conjunctions.

What is metonymy?

• Repetition of initial sounds.

• A part represents the whole.

• Substitution of a related word for the thing meant.

• An understatement through negation.

Which term refers to a part representing the whole?

• Euphemism

• Irony

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

What is an example of litotes?

• The crown for monarchy.

• Not bad for good.

• I’m starving.

• All hands on deck.

What does hyperbole mean?

• Giving human qualities.

• A direct comparison.

• Deliberate exaggeration.

• A milder expression.

What is irony?

• Repetition of vowel sounds.

• A grouping in threes for effect.

• Words mean the opposite of their literal sense.

• A harsh alternative expression.

What is sarcasm?

• Repetition of consonant sounds.

• A milder expression.

• A direct comparison.

• Biting, mocking irony.

What does euphemism refer to?

• A newly coined word.

• Repetition of initial sounds.

• Milder expressions for something harsh.

• Harsh or blunt alternatives.