#1
Fill in the blank: A person who writes plays is called a ________.
3 answered
#2
Which word means 'a person who studies stars and planets'?
3 answered
#3
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
3 answered
#4
What word means 'the ability to understand and share the feelings of another'?
2 answered
#5
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
2 answered
#6
Fill in the blank: A story with a hidden meaning is called an ________.
1 answered
#7
What is the term for a word that imitates the sound it represents?
#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 ________.
#9
What is the term for a word that has the same meaning as another word?
#10
Fill in the blank: A story that is not true is called a ________.
#11
What term refers to a phrase that means the opposite of its literal meaning?
#12
Fill in the blank: A short, humorous poem, often with a twist at the end, is called a ________.
#13
Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?
1 answered
#14
What word refers to a group of words that mean the opposite of what they seem to say?
1 answered
#15
Which of the following is a literary device that involves a play on words?
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'?
1 answered
#17
Which literary device is used in the phrase 'time flies'?
#18
What is the term for a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa?
#19
Which of the following is an example of a malapropism?
#20
Which literary device is used in the phrase 'the stars danced in the sky'?
#21
What is the term for a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated for emphasis?
#22
Which of the following is an example of a spoonerism?
#23
Which literary device is used in the phrase 'the wind whispered through the trees'?
#24