English Definitions Quiz

Question 1

What is a Metaphor

Answer 1

a suggested comparison between two unlike things in order to point out a similarity; a metaphor DOES NOT use the word like, as as, or then.
“The Snow Is a White Blanket”

Question 2

What is a Simile

Answer 2

a comparison between two unlike things, using like, as as, or then in the comparison.
I am as cold as an ice cube”

Question 3

What is a Juxtaposition

Answer 3

a literary device that places two entities side by side to create a dramatic or ironic comparison/contrast.
Example: light and darkness

Question 4

What is Parallelism

Answer 4

the repetition of grammatical elements in writing and speaking.

Question 5

What is a Oxymoron

Answer 5

A figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.
Example: quiet roar, clearly confused, giant shrimp

Question 6

What is a Paradox

Answer 6

a statement that reveals a kind of truth although at first it seems to be self-contradictory and untrue

Question 7

What is a Denotation

Answer 7

A word’s literal, dictionary definition.

Question 8

What is a Connotation

Answer 8

Connotation refers to a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Words may have positive or negative connotations that depend upon the social, cultural, and personal experiences of individuals. For example, the words childish, childlike and youthful have the same denotative, but different connotative, meanings.

Question 9

What is a Hyperbole

Answer 9

obvious exaggeration which is not meant to be taken literally

Question 10

What is a Litote

Answer 10

figure of speech and an understatement featuring a phrase that utilizes negative wording (sometimes double negatives) to ironically express a positive assertion or statement.

Question 11

What is an Interjection

Answer 11

a word used to show emotion or surprise.
Ex. Ouch! Wow! Argh! Why

Question 12

What is a Noun

Answer 12

words that name a person, place, thing or idea.

Question 13

What is a Pronoun

Answer 13

a word that replaces or references a noun.

Question 14

What is an Adjective

Answer 14

a word that describes a noun or pronoun. It often tells us which one, whose, what kind, or how many. [Articles (a, an, the) are a type of adjectives

Question 15

What is a Verb

Answer 15

a word that shows action or state of being (i.e. to be or linking verbs, showing existence or links ideas).

Question 16

What is a Adverb

Answer 16

a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It mostly tells us “where,” “when,” “how,” “degree of”, “how much.” Often these words end in “ly.”

Question 17

What is a Conjunction

Answer 17

word(s) that connect other words or groups of words.

Question 18

What is a Preposition

Answer 18

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. Some examples of prepositions are words like “in,” “at,” “on,” “of,” and “to.”