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Just a figure of speech?

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Do you know your assonance from your alliteration? Can you differentiate between a metaphor and a simile? And can you recognize chiasmus when you see it?

Whether you are a dab hand at figures of speech or someone who struggles to remember what hyperbole means, why not try our brand new quiz and see how you fare? After all, you have nothing to fear but fear itself. And if the quiz whets your appetite, you can find a lot more about rhetorical language on the blog, perhaps starting with this list of famous metaphors. You can also search for metaphor on the blog.



For more fun quizzes, visit this page on Macmillan Dictionary!

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