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English Technique Quiz

Question 1 of 15

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Which technique is used? “Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood.”

Select one or more of the following:

  • Alliteration

  • Hyperbole

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

1

Which Technique is used? “I rose and told him of my woe.”

Select one or more of the following:

  • Simile

  • Assonance

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

1

Which technique is used? “My love is a red, red rose.”

Select one or more of the following:

  • Metaphor

  • Simile

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

1

Which technique is used? “The yellow leaves flaunted their colour gaily in the breeze.”

Select one or more of the following:

  • Personification

  • Symbolism

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

1

Which technique is used? “he had an arse like an elephant and a personality to match”

Select one or more of the following:

  • Hyperbole

  • Simile

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

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Which technique is used? "Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him;
He was a gentleman from sole to crown
Clean favored and imperially slim."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Simile

  • Rhyme

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

1

Which technique is used? "Whose woods these are I think I know."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Symbolism

  • Syntax

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

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Which technique is used?
"Pop-bottles plop!
Pop-bottle-tops topple!
Pop mops slop!"

Select one or more of the following:

  • Metaphor

  • Onomatopoeia

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

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Which technique is used? "Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a single stumble might send you sprawling but belief and steadfastness will see you to the very top."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Allegory

  • Symbolism

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

1

Which technique is used? "In the same way as one cannot have the rainbow without the rain, one cannot achieve success and riches without hard work."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Analogy

  • Anolagy

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

1

Which technique is used? "His fingers rapped and pounded the door, and his foot thumped against the yellowing wood."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Maçâ

  • Cacophony

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

1

Which technique is used? "The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Imagery

  • Symbolism

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

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Which technique is being used? "Sometimes we cherish things of little value.
He possessed a cold fire in his eyes."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Oxymoron

  • Ela é Come Uma Maçâ

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

1

Which technique is used? "High walls make not a palace; full coffers make not a king."

Select one or more of the following:

  • Paradox

  • Oxymoron

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

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Wich técnica é usada ? "O bule suavemente assobiando informou-lhe que era hora de pequeno-almoço."

Select one or more of the following:

  • falácia patética

  • estrutura periódica

Explanation