Diola - Quiz
  • 1. Based on similarity
A) •Personification •Hyperbole
B) •Metonymy •Synecdoche •Allusion
C) •Simile •Methapor •Homonym
  • 2. Based on Association
A) •Metonymy•Synecdoche •Symbol •Allusion
B) •Irony •Euphemism •Ambiguity
C) •Assonance •Alliteration •Consonance
  • 3. Extension of Ideas
A) Personification , Hyperbole
B) Irony, Euphemism , Ambiguity
C) Simile, Pan
  • 4. Based on obliqueness
A) Chiasmus, Acronyms, Palindrome
B) Irony, Euphemism, Ambiguity, Pun
C) Assonance, Alliteration, Homophone
  • 5. Based on Utterance- repeated words
A) Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Homophone
B) Chiasmus, Acronyms, Palindrome
C) Formal, Slang, Taboo
  • 6. as or like
A) Simile
B) Methapor
C) Synecdoche
  • 7. same name but different meaning.
A) Simile
B) Homonyn
C) Symbol
  • 8. comparison
A) Simile
B) Methapor
C) Hyperbole
  • 9. not calling them by their own name/represent something./close association
A) Metonymy
B) Pun
C) Synesthesia
  • 10. part of a whole.
A) Synecdoche
B) Global
C) Personification
  • 11. to play with./An ____ is a figure of speech where the speaker or writer refers to a person, place, event, or work of art/literature without directly mentioning it
A) Ambiguity
B) Symbol
C) Allusion
  • 12. figure of speech where human qualities or actions are given to animals, objects, or ideas.
A) Personification
B) Irony
C) Hyperbole
  • 13. exaggeration
A) Hyperbole
B) Homonyms
  • 14. (sarcasm) is a figure of speech where the opposite of what is expected or meant is said or happens.
A) Irony
B) Euphemism
C) Pun
  • 15. polite or mild way of saying something harsh, rude, or unpleasant.
A) Pun
B) Ambiguity
C) Euphemism
  • 16. figure of speech or language use where a word, phrase, or sentence has more than one meaning.
A) Irony
B) Pun
C) Ambiguity
  • 17. is a play on words where a word or phrase is used in a way that makes it funny or clever because it has more than one meaning or sounds like another word.
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Association
C) Pun
  • 18. repetition of initial consonant sounds.(Tongue Twister)
A) Assonance
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Alliteration
  • 19. repetition of consonant sound.
A) Assonance
B) Consonance
C) Homophone
  • 20. refers to sound. (Ex. Buzz) More effectively than others.
A) Homophone
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Chiasmus
  • 21. repetition of vowel sound.
A) Consonance
B) Assonance
  • 22. Same sound but different meaning and spelling
A) Cellphone
B) Xylophone
C) Homophone
  • 23. (x) reverses the grammatical structure.
A) Acronyms
B) Chiasmus
C) Palindrome
  • 24. the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word ( ASCII, NASA ).
A) Hyperbole
B) Acronym
C) Palindrome
  • 25. ex. LEVEL a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward.
    -running back again.
A) Taboo
B) Acronym
C) Palindrome
  • 26. forbidden, propanity word.
A) Taboo language
B) Colloquialism
C) Slang words
  • 27. words that use by youth by it change overtime.
A) Jargon
B) Colloquialism
C) Slang
  • 28. Informal expressions used in casual conversation, common to a region or people.
    Usage: Everyday speech, understood by most native speakers.
A) Ideological
B) Dialectic
C) Colloquialism
  • 29. a simplified language that develops when people who do not share a common language need to communicate, usually for trade or work.
A) Creole
B) Pidgin
  • 30. A creole develops when a pidgin becomes a full language and is learned as a first language by children.
A) Pidgin
B) Creole
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