#1
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
Palindrome
ExplanationA word that reads the same backward as forward.
#2
Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
Jumbo shrimp
ExplanationA combination of contradictory or incongruent words.
#3
What is the term for a word that sounds like the noise it represents?
Onomatopoeia
ExplanationThe formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
#4
Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
ExplanationExaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
#5
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
ExplanationA word that means the opposite of another word.
#6
What literary device is used in the phrase 'time flies'?
Metaphor
ExplanationA figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
#7
Which word means 'the excessive use of words'?
Verbose
ExplanationCharacterized by the use of too many words; wordy.
#8
What does the term 'malapropism' refer to?
An unintentional misuse of words
ExplanationThe use of a word in a way that is incorrect but humorous.
#9
Which of the following is an example of a portmanteau?
Brunch
ExplanationA word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others.
#10
What is the term for a word that is substituted for another word with which it is closely associated?
Metonymy
ExplanationA figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted with another with which it is closely associated.
#11
What is the term for a word that is formed by combining parts of other words?
Portmanteau
ExplanationA blend of words in which parts of two or more words are combined to create a new word.
#12
What literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human entities?
Personification
ExplanationThe attribution of human characteristics to something non-human.
#13
What is the term for the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence?
Anaphora
ExplanationThe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
#14
What is the term for the use of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?
Onomatopoeia
ExplanationThe formation of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
#15
What literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?
Anaphora
ExplanationThe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.