Statistics for English Literary Techniques Quiz

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Definition	Answer	% Correct
Words beginning with the same letter are repeated throughout a phrase or sentence.	Alliteration	82%
A question that is not intended to be answered.	Rhetorical Question	76%
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable.	Metaphor	70%
The attribution of human qualities, abilities or feelings to something that is not human.	Personification	67%
An exaggeration statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.	Hyperbole	65%
A comparison of one thing with another used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.	Simile	65%
A figure of speech in which two words that have opposite meanings appear in conjunction.	Oxymoron	63%
Each of two or more verbs having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins and spelling.	Homophone	49%
A word or phrase that is informal and used in ordinary or familiar conversation.	Colloquial	48%
Language evoking emotion or empathy.	Pathos	47%
An object, sound, or place used as an emblem to represent certain themes.	Symbolism	45%
The use of language that usually means the opposite for a humorous effect.	Irony	41%
Contrasting something against something else.	Juxtaposition	34%
Each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins.	Homonym	33%
A recurring symbol that portrays a specific theme or idea.	Motif	33%
An indirect and subtle reference to something.	Allusion	32%
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted when something is considered to harsh or explicit.	Euphemism	22%
A person or object described as an animal.	Zoomorphism	18%
To ask a question and then immediately answer it.	Hypophora	7%
The accidental use of a similar-sounding word for a comedic effect.	Malapropism	6%
A list of rhetorical questions.	Pysma	0%