Grammar Quiz

Figure of Speech Quiz


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When you walk outside and you see rain clouds

A. euphemism

B. oxymoron

C. foreshadowing

D. hyperbole


Jackie jerked Jennie into the jumper

A. alliteration

B. allegory

C. hyperbole

D. simile


Picture that interprets a political or moral meaning

A. symbolism

B. allegory

C. paradox

D. oxymoron


She’s not sick she’s under the weather

A. euphemism

B. oxymoron

C. hyperbole

D. similie


walking is dreaming

A. paradox

B. oxymoron

C. simile

D. foreshadowing


What is the definition of paradox

A. Contradictory statement

B. contradicting conjunction

C. compare two things using like or as

D. direct comparison


The room was filled with a deafening silence

A. oxymoron

B. paradox

C. foreshadowing

D. euphemism


Repetition of consonant sounds

A. idiom

B. allegory

C. alliteration

D. hyperbole


A firestation burning down

A. irony

B. idiom

C. oxymoron

D. euphemism


kaylee bought plastic glasses for her ceremony

A. simile

B. hyperbole

C. oxymoron

D. paradox




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