Language techniques quiz

Question 1 of 10

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What is a hyperbole?
ex: "I am so hungry I could eat a horse."

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the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. It is used in poems to create emphasis on a situation.
tusen takk
Las mujeres beben agua

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Question 2 of 10

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.
kinda like a simile but not a simile

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Question 3 of 10

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What is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences?

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personification
Jeg beklager
Assonance

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Question 4 of 10

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What is a word, phrase or other form used in informal language?

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colloquialism
Strayan
bokmål

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Question 5 of 10

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What is a metonym ?

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A figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept.
A journey

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Question 6 of 10

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What is Onomatopoeia?

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French toast
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named

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Question 7 of 10

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What is an oxymoron?

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a figure of speech that juxtaposes elements that appear to be contradictory.
The act of bass slaping
A fire rap album by based Q

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Question 8 of 10

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What is alliteration?

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The flux capacitor
Gwuiyun's favourite food
a stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables of a phrase.

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Question 9 of 10

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What is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.

Select one of the following:

cliché
French pastry

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Question 10 of 10

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What is emotive language?

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he deliberate choice of words to elicit emotion (usually to influence).
Spain was one of the most powerful nations in the world around the 1500s. At this time, different nations would race each other to be the first to settle in and claim different areas. According to historians, there were three objectives for taking the Philippine islands. First and foremost, it was seen as an opportunity to spread the Roman Catholic church, which had become quite powerful in Europe. The other objectives may have been to gain wealth through the spice trade in Asia, and also to gain political power by conquering and laying claim to as many lands as possible.

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Language techniques quiz

Question 1 of 10

What is a hyperbole? ex: "I am so hungry I could eat a horse."

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

What is a metaphor?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

What is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

What is a word, phrase or other form used in informal language?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

What is a metonym ?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

What is Onomatopoeia?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

What is an oxymoron?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

What is alliteration?

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Explanation

Question 9 of 10

What is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

What is emotive language?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

What is a hyperbole?
ex: "I am so hungry I could eat a horse."