language techniques

Question 1

What is alliteration ?

Answer 1

Repetition of the same constant sound of words close together (Peter Piper Picked)

Question 2

What is a metaphor?

Answer 2

A comparison between 2 unlike things without using “like” or “as” (Time is a theif)

Question 3

What is a Simile?

Answer 3

A comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as” (e.g., as brave as a lion).

Question 4

What is personification?

Answer 4

Giving human qualities to non-human things (e.g., The wind whispered)

Question 5

What is a Hyperbole ?

Answer 5

Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect (e.g., I’m so hungry I could eat a horse)

Question 6

What is an Onomatapoeia ?

Answer 6

Words that imitate the sounds they describe (e.g., buzz, clang).

Question 7

What is irony?

Answer 7

When the opposite of what is expected happens or is meant.

Question 8

What is an oxymoron?

Answer 8

Two contradictory words placed together (e.g., bittersweet, deafening silence).

Question 9

What is symbolism?

Answer 9

Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities (e.g., a dove symbolizes peace).

Question 10

What is repetition?

Answer 10

Repeating words or phrases for emphasis or effect.

Question 11

What is S in S-Q-I-Z-E

Answer 11

Statement make a clear point of the text