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Figurative Language Quiz

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

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Class
Date
1.

A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to compare two dissimilar things is called:

a)

Simile

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

e)

Metaphor

2.

Sally sells seashells by the seashore. This is an example of:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

e)

Idiom

3.

My sister's room is a pig pen. This is an example of:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Idiom

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

e)

Alliteration

4.

Sound words such as BANG, BAM, and BOING are examples of:

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Idiom

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Sounds

5.

Repetition of the first consonant in several words in the same phrase is called:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Idiom

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Onomatopoeia

6.

When Spongebob talks, the writers are using a type of figurative language called:

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Comedy

d)

Simile

e)

Text structure

7.

The type of figurative language that has a special meaning different from the actual meaning is called:

a)

Idiom

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Expression

8.

I love mashing melted marshmallows. This is an example of:

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Personification

9.

Her feet are as cold as ice! This is an example of which type of figurative language?

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Alliteration

10.

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by stating that one is the other is called:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Idiom

11.

Animals talking in a childhood story is an example of …

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Cliche

e)

Alliteration

12.

Imagery is:

a)

When an author compares two things.

b)

When an author sets mental pictures or images in the reader's head using words.

c)

Pictures hanging on the wall.

d)

A cartoon show.

e)

Pictures and characters

13.

The plates danced on the shelves during the earthquake. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

e)

Alliteration

14.

This type of figurative language is used when words imitate the actual sound(s) made by the action or event.

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

e)

Alliteration

15.

The following statement is an example of a which figurative language? "I have told you a million times to come home at 9:00 pm!"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Tone

c)

Symbolism

d)

Mood

e)

Imagery

16.

A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work.

a)

Allusion

b)

Simile

c)

Round

d)

Flat

e)

Personification

17.

A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements, but on closer inspection may be true.

a)

Paradox

b)

Allusion

c)

Personification

d)

Dynamic

e)

Static

18.

An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Paradox

c)

Personification

d)

Analogy

e)

Idiom

19.

"Jumbo Shrimp" and "Pretty Ugly" are both examples of:

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Imagery

e)

Allusion

20.

"Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone" - Taylor Swift, Love Story. This is an example of:

a)

Allusion

b)

Alliteration

c)

Connotation

d)

Denotation

e)

Tone

21.

In linguistics, it is a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting.

a)

Register

b)

Dialect

c)

Creole

d)

Archetype

e)

Tone

22.

It refers to a single, related chunk of lines in poetry which forms one particular faction in poetry.

a)

Stanza

b)

Setting

c)

Foot

d)

Rhythm

e)

Tone

23.

Still waters run (deep).

a)

Adverb

b)

Preposition

c)

Adjective

d)

Archetype

e)

Conjunction

24.

It is a language developed by mixing the vocabulary and grammar of other languages.

a)

Acrolect

b)

Dialect

c)

Creole

d)

Basilect

e)

Masolect

25.

It is an intermediate dialect or a variety of language lower than the high prestige acrolect.

a)

Basilect

b)

Dialect

c)

Creole

d)

Masolect

e)

Aclolect

26.

As an art of creating dialogues, it further deals with the study of the methods of persuasion.

a)

Rhetoric

b)

Dialectics

c)

Poetics

d)

Archetype

e)

Semantics

27.

It is a modern verse without any formal structure; without systematic regularity in rhythm and in rhyme.

a)

Free verse

b)

Blank verse

c)

Nursery rhyme

d)

Rhyme verse

e)

Diamond verse

28.

It is a style in spoken English which requires private vocabulary and emphasis on intonation more than wording or grammar.

a)

Casual

b)

Informal

c)

Creole

d)

Formal

e)

Intimate

29.

In a traditional line of metered poetry, it is the rhythmical unit bearing the strong and weak syllables.

a)

Poetical foot

b)

Poetic line

c)

Rhyme scheme

d)

Archetype

e)

Meter

30.

It is a language style common among friends, that involves the usual use of ellipsis and slangs

a)

Informal

b)

Dialect

c)

Intimate

d)

Formal

e)

Casual

31.

'The flowers danced in the breeze' is an example of which stylistic device?

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Creole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Simile

32.

The water was so cold, I saw fish wearing jackets' is an example of _____.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Creole

d)

Metaphor

e)

Simile

33.

The reference to a concept, a person or an object that has served as a prototype of its kind and is the original idea that has come to be used over and over again.

a)

Aphorism

b)

Archetype

c)

Creole

d)

Caesure

e)

Intrusion

34.

It is evident in a literary piece through the use of words or phrases to create mental images for the reader.

a)

Imagery

b)

Dialect

c)

Palaplorism

d)

Rhyme scheme

e)

Exposition

35.

It examines oral and written texts in order to determine crucial characteristic linguistic properties, structure, and patterns influencing perception of the text.

a)

Literary criticism

b)

Semantics

c)

Linguistics

d)

Stylistics

e)

Rhyme scheme

36.

It is the systematic study of human speech including the units, nature, structure, and its modification.

a)

Morphology

b)

Linguistics

c)

Stylistics

d)

Phonetics

e)

Semantics

37.

It is termed as an artistically motivated deviation.

a)

Defamiliarization

b)

Foregrounding

c)

Literature

d)

Estrangement

e)

Exposition

38.

It is a branch of linguistics that studies the nature and organization of the meanings conveyed by language.

a)

Semantics

b)

Morphology

c)

Phonology

d)

Phonetics

e)

Linguistics

39.

In clause syntax, it is anything that adds to the meaning of the subject or object.

a)

Complement

b)

Object

c)

Indirect object

d)

Determiner

e)

Direct object

40.

It is phrase formed from the head, a preposition, followed by a noun phrase.

a)

Preposition phrase

b)

Noun phrase

c)

Adverb phrase

d)

Adjective phrase

e)

Verb phrase

41.

In what sphere do we use official style?

a)

Literary conversational style

b)

Establishment of norms

c)

Editorial (leading article)

d)

Rhyme scheme

e)

Fields of science

42.

Find substyles of official style?

a)

Reviews, Annotation, Thesis

b)

Poetry, Drama, Prose

c)

Dialect, Palaplorism

d)

Instructions, References

e)

Reportage, Interview

43.

What is the aim of communication in official style?

a)

Exert influence public opinion

b)

Interesting dialogue

c)

Educate people

d)

Rhyme scheme

e)

Agreement b/w parties

44.

Which of them is not oxymoron:

a)

Noisy silence

b)

Amazing street

c)

Open secret

d)

Rhyme scheme

e)

Virtual reality

45.

Find oxymoron:

a)

Adult childhood

b)

Nasty blonde

c)

Painful suffering

d)

Rhyme scheme

e)

Dark blue

46.

"I could sleep for a year":

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Metonymy

d)

Rhyme

e)

Litotes

47.

Repetition of several successive conjunctions:

a)

Asyndeton

b)

Polysyndeton

c)

Palaplorism

d)

Parallelism

e)

Pun

48.

Which of them is not a characteristic feature of colloquial stylе:

a)

Emotionless

b)

Idiomatic expression

c)

Ellipsis

d)

Informality

e)

Exposition

49.

What style does not require emotive words?

a)

Official document style

b)

Newspaper style

c)

Scientific style

d)

Belles-lettres

e)

Rhyme scheme

50.

Colloquial style includes:

a)

Profanities

b)

Stylistic devices

c)

Allegory

d)

Rhyme scheme

e)

Literary words

51.

what effect does the usage of colloquial style in books?

a)

Authentic

b)

Realistic

c)

Bookish

d)

Literary

e)

Newspaper

52.

Style of official documents

a)

business document

b)

brief news

c)

legal document

d)

books

e)

advertisement

53.

What is the main function of colloquial style?

a)

communication

b)

scientific function

c)

aesthetic function

d)

producing function

e)

rational cognition

54.

What is the word "MATE" means?

a)

friend

b)

scientific word

c)

kind of animal

d)

math

e)

tool

55.

What is "TABOO"?

a)

obscene word

b)

tool

c)

fixed expressions

d)

scientific words

e)

special words

56.

What is the main function of official style?

a)

communication

b)

public relations

c)

aesthetic function

d)

manipulative

e)

producing function

57.

What does lexical mean?

a)

Vocabulary

b)

Morphology

c)

Semantic

d)

Grammar

e)

Tenses

58.

What does contextual mean?

a)

Pragmatics

b)

Lexical

c)

Phonology

d)

Phonetics

e)

Semantics

59.

Stylistic levels are used to analyse:

a)

Literary style

b)

Informal style

c)

Formal style

d)

Newspaper style

e)

Style

60.

Bees buzz in the breeze' is an example of which stylistic device?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Consonance

d)

Assonance

e)

Asyndeton

61.

Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?

a)

Phoneme

b)

Morpheme

c)

Word

d)

Syntax

e)

Literary words

62.

Which of the following definition is consistent with discourse?

a)

Beyond the level of sentence

b)

Put words together

c)

Unit of speech

d)

Meaning

e)

Literary words

63.

Which of the following was the first stage of modern psycholinguistics?

a)

Cognitive period

b)

Structuralism

c)

Allegory

d)

Functionalism

e)

Behaviorism

64.

Who was the main contributor to the linguistic period?

a)

Chomsky

b)

Wundt

c)

Ferdinand de saussure

d)

Pieget

e)

Galperin

65.

What is a lemma?

a)

type of morpheme

b)

type of phoneme

c)

phonological representation

d)

type of semantic

e)

type of stylistic

66.

What is the correct name for a physical plan of movement of the vocal tract?

a)

vocal map

b)

vocal scheme

c)

lemma

d)

taciscope

e)

telescope

67.

An extended simile, sustained expression of likeness…

a)

Epic simile.

b)

Emotive meaning.

c)

Enumeration.

d)

Scientific meaning.

e)

Bookish meaning

68.

What words are employed in non-official everyday communication?

a)

Colloquial

b)

Archaic

c)

Bookish.

d)

Scientific.

e)

Poetic

69.

A terse, witty, pointed statement, showing the ingenious turn of mind of the originator …

a)

Epigram

b)

Homeric simile

c)

Bookish meaning

d)

Enumeration

e)

Emotive meaning

70.

Foregrounding the emotive meaning of the word to suppress its denotational meaning…

a)

Epithet

b)

Epigram

c)

Epiphora

d)

Emotive meaning

e)

Enumeration

71.

This stylistic device structurally there should be differentiated: single, pairs, chains or strings, two-step structures, inverted constructions, phrase-attributes …

a)

Epithet

b)

Emotive meaning

c)

Epiphora

d)

Enumeration

e)

Epigram

72.

A sense of ease and comfort in pronouncing or hearing…

a)

Euphony

b)

Epithet

c)

Epiphora

d)

Enumeration

e)

Emotive meaning

73.

They are phonetic, morphological, word-building, lexical, phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance…

a)

Expressive means

b)

Epiphoras

c)

Euphony

d)

Enumerations

e)

Epithets

74.

Use of words in contextual and very often in more than one 'dictionary meaning', or at least greatly influenced by the lexical environment …

a)

Features of belles-lettres style

b)

Features of official style

c)

Features of newspaper style

d)

Features of publicist style

e)

Features of scientific style

75.

A vocabulary which will reflect to a greater or lesser degree of author's personal evaluation of things or phenomena…

a)

Features of belles-lettres style

b)

Features of official style

c)

Features of newspaper style

d)

Features of publicist style

e)

Features of scientific style

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