Word Play or Word Fill-in Quiz

Challenge yourself with wordplay questions: from oxymorons to malapropisms, test your literary prowess!

#1

Fill in the blank: A person who writes plays is called a ________.

dramatist
actor
audience
director
3 answered
#2

Which word means 'a person who studies stars and planets'?

biologist
astronaut
astronomer
physicist
3 answered
#3

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

homophone
palindrome
antonym
acronym
3 answered
#4

What word means 'the ability to understand and share the feelings of another'?

empathy
sympathy
apathy
compassion
2 answered
#5

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

homophone
synonym
antonym
acronym
2 answered
#6

Fill in the blank: A story with a hidden meaning is called an ________.

fable
parable
allegory
epic
1 answered
#7

What is the term for a word that imitates the sound it represents?

onomatopoeia
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
#8

Fill in the blank: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable is called a ________.

metaphor
simile
hyperbole
oxymoron
#9

What is the term for a word that has the same meaning as another word?

homophone
antonym
synonym
acronym
#10

Fill in the blank: A story that is not true is called a ________.

fable
myth
legend
fiction
#11

What term refers to a phrase that means the opposite of its literal meaning?

irony
hyperbole
euphemism
oxymoron
#12

Fill in the blank: A short, humorous poem, often with a twist at the end, is called a ________.

sonnet
limerick
haiku
ballad
#13

Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?

jumbo shrimp
happy
sad
bitter
1 answered
#14

What word refers to a group of words that mean the opposite of what they seem to say?

euphemism
hyperbole
irony
paradox
1 answered
#15

Which of the following is a literary device that involves a play on words?

metaphor
irony
pun
allegory
1 answered
#16

What word means 'the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect'?

paradox
euphemism
irony
pun
1 answered
#17

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

alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
#18

What is the term for a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa?

metonymy
synecdoche
paradox
euphemism
#19

Which of the following is an example of a malapropism?

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
the pen is mightier than the sword
I have a frog in my throat
our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons
#20

Which literary device is used in the phrase 'the stars danced in the sky'?

metaphor
simile
personification
hyperbole
#21

What is the term for a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated for emphasis?

anaphora
epistrophe
euphemism
ellipsis
#22

Which of the following is an example of a spoonerism?

hold your horses
a blessing in disguise
well oiled bicycle
three cheers for our dear old queen
#23

Which literary device is used in the phrase 'the wind whispered through the trees'?

metaphor
simile
personification
alliteration
#24

What is the term for a figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined?

antithesis
paradox
hyperbole
simile

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