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WorksheetsFigurative Language Quiz
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Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins
What is Simile?
it is a device based upon an analogy between
objects belonging to different classes of things
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it is a device based upon analogy
What is Metaphor?
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things with the purpose
it is a device based upon analogy
it is a device based upon an analogy between 2 objects
What is Metonymy?
it is a device based upon analogy
it is a device based upon an analogy between 2 objects
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
What is Simple Comparison?
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
it is a device based upon an analogy between 2 objects belonging to different classes
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it is a device based upon analogy
What is Periphrasis?
it is the re-naming of an object by a descriptive phrase that is decipherable
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
it is a device based upon analogy .
it is the exact reproduction of an actual utterance made by a certain author.
What is Allusion?
it is an indirect reference, by word or phrase
it stands as substitute for a concept or thing which the author finds
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things with the purpose
it is a device based upon analogy
What is Euphemism?
it is sometimes called 'a white-washing device' because it aims at producing
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
it is a device based upon analogy
it is a repetition of a phrase or statement from a book
What is Quotation?
it is a repetition of a phrase or statement from a book, speech
it is sometimes called 'a white-washing device' because it aims at producing
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is an attributive characterization of a person, thing or phenomenon
What is Epithet?
it is an attributive characterization of a person, thing or phenomenon
it is a repetition of a phrase or statement from a book, speech
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line
What is Alliteration?
it is a repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line or an utterance
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line
What is Bathos?
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
What is Litotes?
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
What is Climax (Gradation)?
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary.
What is Suspense?
it is a compositional device which consists in arranging the matter
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
What is Understatement?
it is an expression of an idea in an excessively restrained language
it is an expression of an idea in an exceedingly exaggerated language
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
What is Hyperbole?
it is an expression of an idea in an exceedingly exaggerated language
it is a compositional device which consists in arranging the matter
it is an expression of an idea in an excessively restrained language
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
What is Break-in-the-narrative?
it is of figure of speech based upon the principal of incomplete
it is an expression of an idea in an exceedingly exaggerated language
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
What is Pun?
it is a play of words based upon polysemy or homonymy.
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is based upon a recurrence of similar consonant sounds in a line or an utterance.
it is the use of a word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations
What is Ellipsis?
it is an intentional omission from an utterance of one or more words that make the utterance only grammatically incomplete, the meaning of the omitted words being easy to surmise from the utterance.
it is based upon a recurrence of similar consonant sounds in a line or an utterance.
it is a play of words based upon polysemy or homonymy, the sound form played
it is the use of a word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations
What is Denotative meaning?
referential meaning of a word, denoting a concrete thing as well as a concept of a thing.
a meaning that carries an overtone, that may express the speaker's attitude
to the thing spoken about, or indicate the social sphere in which the discourse takes place
a transferred meaning of a word
What is Connotative meaning?
a meaning that carries an overtone, that may express the speaker's attitude to the thing spoken about, or indicate the social sphere in which the discourse takes place.
a referential meaning of a word, denoting a concrete thing as well as a concept of a thing.
a transferred meaning of a word.
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What is Figurative meaning?
a transferred meaning of a word.
a meaning that carries an overtone, that may express the speaker's attitude to the thing spoken about, or indicate the social sphere in which the discourse takes place.
a referential meaning of a word, denoting a concrete thing as well as a concept of a thing.
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What is Anaphora?
The repeated word or phrase comes at the beginning of two or more consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases
The repeated unit is placed at the end of consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases.
The initial parts of a syntactical unit, in most cases of a paragraph, are repeated at the end of it.
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What is Epiphora?
The repeated unit is placed at the end of consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases.
The repeated word or phrase comes at the beginning of two or more consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases
The initial parts of a syntactical unit, in most cases of a paragraph, are repeated at the end of it.
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What is Linking repetition?
The last word or phrase or one part of an utterance is repeated at the beginning of the next part, thus hooking the two parts together.
The repeated word or phrase comes at the beginning of two or more consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases
The repeated unit is placed at the end of consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases.
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What is Frame repetition?
The initial parts of a syntactical unit, in most cases of a paragraph, are repeated at the end of it.
The repeated word or phrase comes at the beginning of two or more consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases
The repeated unit is placed at the end of consecutive sentences, clauses or phrases.
none
Single out the description appropriate for the style of Official Documents.
"The main aim of this type of communication is to state the conditions binding two parties in an undertaking. These parties may be: the state & the citizen, or citizen & citizen; a society & its members…"
"the general aim of this style is to exert a constant & deep influence on public opinion, to convince the reader or the listener that the interpretation given by the writer or the speaker is the only correct one …"
"The primary function of the style is to impart information…it basically serves the purpose of informing & instructing the reader."
"The style is governed by the aim to prove a hypothesis, to create new concepts, to disclose the internal laws of existence,. The l-ge mea
Single out the description appropriate for the style of Scientific Prose.
Single out an extract of Scientific style.
Single out an extract of Newspaper style.
Single out an extract of Belles-Lettres style.
Single out an extract of Official style.
Single out the description appropriate for Newspaper Style.
Single out the description appropriate for Publicistic Style.
Find an example with Pun.
Find an example with Alliteration.
Find an example with Epiphora.
Find an example with Frame Repetition.
Find an example with Metaphor.
Find an example with Allusion.
Find an example with Metonymy.
Find an example with Epithet.
Find an example with Simile.
Find an example with Simile.
Find an example with Pun.
Single out an example with Simile.
Single out an example with Parallel Construction.
Single out an example with Irony.
What is Simile?
it is a device based upon an analogy between objects belonging to different classes of things
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it is a device based upon analogy
What is Metaphor?
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things with the purpose
it is a device based upon analogy
it is a device based upon an analogy between 2 objects
What is Metonymy?
it is a device based upon analogy
it is a device based upon an analogy between 2 objects
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
What is Simple Comparison?
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
it is a device based upon an analogy between 2 objects belonging to different classes
it is a device based upon an analogy b/w 2 objects belonging to different classes
it is a device based upon analogy
What is Periphrasis?
it is the re-naming of an object by a descriptive phrase that is decipherable
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
it is a device based upon analogy.
it is the exact reproduction of an actual utterance made by a certain author.
What is Allusion?
it is an indirect reference, by word or phrase
it stands as substitute for a concept or thing which the author finds
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things with the purpose
it is a device based upon analogy
What is Euphemism?
it is sometimes called 'a white-washing device' because it aims at producing
it means weighing 2 objects belonging to one class of things
it is a device based upon analogy
it is a repetition of a phrase or statement from a book
What is Quotation?
it is a repetition of a phrase or statement from a book, speech
it is sometimes called 'a white-washing device' because it aims at producing
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is an attributive characterization of a person, thing or phenomenon
What is Epithet?
it is an attributive characterization of a person, thing or phenomenon
it is a repetition of a phrase or statement from a book, speech
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line
What is Alliteration?
it is a repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line or an utterance
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a repetition of similar consonant sounds in a line
What is Bathos?
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
What is Litotes?
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
What is Climax (Gradation)?
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary.
What is Suspense?
it is a compositional device which consists in arranging the matter
it is an arrangement of units which secures a gradual increase
it is a figure of speech where emotional or logical importance
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
What is Understatement?
it is an expression of an idea in an excessively restrained language
it is an expression of an idea in an exceedingly exaggerated language
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
What is Hyperbole?
it is an expression of an idea in an exceedingly exaggerated language
it is a compositional device which consists in arranging the matter
it is an expression of an idea in an excessively restrained language
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
What is Break-in-the-narrative?
it is of figure of speech based upon the principal of incomplete
it is an expression of an idea in an exceedingly exaggerated language
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is a device that consists of the use of a negative for the contrary
What is Pun?
it is a play of words based upon polysemy or homonymy.
it is an indirect reference to a specific place, person, literary character
it is based upon a recurrence of similar consonant sounds in a line or an utterance.
it is the use of a word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations
What is Ellipsis?
it is an intentional omission from an utterance of one or more words that make the utterance only grammatically incomplete, the meaning of the omitted words being easy to surmise from the utterance.
it is based upon a recurrence of similar consonant sounds in a line or an utterance.
it is a play of words based upon polysemy or homonymy, the sound form played
it is the use of a word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations
What is Denotative meaning?
referential meaning of a word, denoting a concrete thing as well as a concept of a thing.
a meaning that carries an overtone, that may express the speaker's attitude to the thing spoken about, or indicate the social sphere in which the discourse takes place
a transferred meaning of a word
it is a combination of two contrastive words that may be juxtaposed as modifier & modified.
What is Connotative meaning?
a meaning that carries an overtone, that may express the speaker's attitude to the thing spoken about, or indicate the social sphere in which the discourse takes place.
a referential meaning of a word, denoting a concrete thing as well as a concept of a thing.
a transferred meaning of a word.
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