\t\t\t\tRing-a-ling-a-ling!<\/p>\n
School’s in session, girlfriends.<\/p>\n
And I have a Glitterati Literati quiz for you.<\/p>\n
This is brain-flexing fun\u2014volleying verbiage, prettying plain prattle, gussying up glib gab.<\/p>\n
(Say that last one\u00a0five times fast!)<\/p>\n
I do love …<\/p>\n
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…\u00a0havin’\u00a0fun with words.<\/p>\n
But, I started wondering if I could tag titles to my word play \u2026<\/p>\n
Consider, for example:<\/p>\n
Alliterate vs. assonate.<\/p>\n
Hyperbole, or is it simile?<\/p>\n
See where I’m going with this?<\/p>\n
So, I saddled up my memory and rode back in time, somewhere in the vicinity of junior high, to the days when I learned the finer points of figurative language.<\/p>\n
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I quizzed myself on keen word play;<\/em><\/p>\n Personification and good old clich\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n Idiom, I knew, and metaphor,<\/em><\/p>\n And I ended up with a pretty good score!<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tackle it, and tell me how fabulously you fare.<\/p>\n Figurative Language Quiz:<\/strong><\/p>\n Read each sentence, and choose which type of figurative speech is being used from the options below it. The answers are given at the end, so don’t peek until you’re finished.<\/p>\n 1. MaryJane made marshmallows and marmalade with Ms. Matilda Mason at the market in Moscow.<\/p>\n 2. I edited the essay a thousand and one times before publishing it.<\/p>\n 3. The snowflakes danced across the frozen pond.<\/p>\n 4. She was a butterfly, fluttering off the porch in her flowing skirt.<\/p>\n 5. The kettle hit the floor with a crash and a splash.<\/p>\n 6. The kids’ footsteps sounded like thunder as they came running up the stairs.<\/p>\n 7. We’ll have to dress the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n 8. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.<\/p>\n Answers:<\/strong><\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ring-a-ling-a-ling! School’s in session, girlfriends. And I have a Glitterati Literati quiz for you. This is brain-flexing fun\u2014volleying verbiage, prettying plain prattle, gussying up glib gab. (Say that last one\u00a0five times fast!) I do love … Continue reading \n
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