Word Exploration and Usage Quiz

Test your knowledge of words and literary devices with this Lexicology quiz. Identify oxymorons, portmanteaus, hyperboles, and more!

#1

What is the term for a word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards?

Palindrome
Anagram
Antonym
Synonym
#2

Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?

Jumbo shrimp
Happy birthday
Cold fire
Sharp knife
#3

What is the term for a word that sounds like the noise it represents?

Onomatopoeia
Palindrome
Metaphor
Simile
#4

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
She's as pretty as a picture.
Time is a thief.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
#5

What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

Antonym
Synonym
Homonym
Anagram
#6

What literary device is used in the phrase 'time flies'?

Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
#7

Which word means 'the excessive use of words'?

Verbose
Taciturn
Loquacious
Garrulous
#8

What does the term 'malapropism' refer to?

A deliberate misuse of words
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another
An unintentional misuse of words
A word that sounds like the noise it represents
#9

Which of the following is an example of a portmanteau?

Brunch
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Alliteration
#10

What is the term for a word that is substituted for another word with which it is closely associated?

Synonym
Metonymy
Homonym
Paradox
#11

What is the term for a word that is formed by combining parts of other words?

Portmanteau
Euphemism
Neologism
Cliché
#12

What literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human entities?

Personification
Metonymy
Irony
Paradox
#13

What is the term for the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence?

Anaphora
Epistrophe
Chiasmus
Antimetabole
#14

What is the term for the use of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?

Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
#15

What literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?

Epistrophe
Anaphora
Chiasmus
Antimetabole

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