70+ Language Trivia Questions with Answers

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Can you name the figure of speech that involves using exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

  • Hyperbole
Dan A
187 195

What do we call the practice of using words or phrases to describe or imitate natural sounds?

  • Onomatopoeia
Dan A
183 207

The figure of speech in which a negative statement is used to express a positive sentiment is called what?

  • Litotes
Dan A
185 201

What is the term for a figure of speech in which words are used in a way that is opposite of their normal meaning?

  • Antithesis
Dan A
85 94

The use of words to express the opposite of their literal meaning is known as what?

  • Irony
Dan A
82 80

What term refers to the giving of human qualities to non-human things?

  • Personification
Dan A
77 87

When a statement or claim is not meant to be taken literally, it is an example of what figure of speech?

  • Hyperbole
Dan A
85 95

A direct or indirect comparison between two unlike things is known as what figure of speech?

  • Metaphor
Dan A
81 77

The use of words and phrases that imitate the sound they describe is called what?

  • Onomatopoeia
Dan A
70 88

Can you name the figure of speech that involves the repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences?

  • Chiasmus
Dan A
74 83

What do we call the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

  • Anaphora
Dan A
81 74

How many words end with "dous" in the English language?

  • 4
Dashiell D
96 88

What's the little plastic tube on the end of a shoelace called?

  • Aglet
Dashiell D
88 98

What's the blob of toothpaste on your brush called?

  • A Nurdle
Dashiell D
84 88

The word "burrito" means what in Spanish?

  • Little Donkey
Dashiell D
107 101

What does the word "kimono" translate to mean?

  • A Thing To Wear
Dashiell D
69 79

The longest English word has how many letters?

  • 189,819
Dashiell D
79 79

How many words does Scotland have for snow?

  • 421
Dashiell D
73 83

Who said "it is far safer to be feared than loved"?

  • Niccolo Machiavelli
Russel Brown
78 106

Who said "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread"?

  • Alexander Pope
Russel Brown
84 100

Which U.S. state's two letter abbreviation is first alphabetically?

  • Alaska
Russel Brown
67 108

Which one of these words would define the Latin root lingua?

  • Language
Russel Brown
76 92

Which of these is an example of personification, The Weary Street or Weary Street Echoes With Pain?

  • Weary Street Echoes With Pain
Russel Brown
89 88

Which of these is a hyperbole, The Horse Is Eating or I Could Eat A Horse?

  • I Could Eat A Horse
Russel Brown
74 98

Which of these defines the Latin root post?

  • After
Russel Brown
85 92

Which literary term means the person opposing the protagonist?

  • Antagonist
Russel Brown
75 93

Which does an adjective modify?

  • Nouns And Pronouns
Russel Brown
73 94

What word means to travel around the Earth?

  • Circumnavigate
Russel Brown
69 97

What word means prior to the Civil War?

  • Antebellum
Russel Brown
84 90

What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?

  • A Period Or Exclamation Point
Russel Brown
81 84

What part of speech is "susceptible", meaning "easily under a specified power or influence"?

  • Adjective
Russel Brown
73 84

What part of speech is "surreptitious", meaning "clandestine"?

  • Adjective
Russel Brown
81 87

What part of speech is "supplementary", meaning "being an addition to"?

  • Adjective
Russel Brown
69 79

What part of speech is "summary", meaning "an abstract"?

  • Noun
Russel Brown
72 88

What literary term means a word that has a similar meaning to another word?

  • Synonym
Russel Brown
58 95

What is the word for a second-year student in high school or college?

  • Sophomore
Russel Brown
68 96

What is the singular possessive form of "boy"?

  • Boy's
Russel Brown
73 96

What is the present participle form of hunt?

  • Hunting
Russel Brown
77 85

What is the meaning of the prefix poly?

  • Many
Russel Brown
74 92

What is the meaning of the prefix geo?

  • Earth
Russel Brown
90 85

What is the meaning of the prefix "auto"?

  • Self
Russel Brown
70 96

What is the meaning of the Latin root ultra?

  • Beyond
Russel Brown
82 93

What is the meaning of the Latin root sol?

  • Sun
Russel Brown
90 90

What is the meaning of the Latin root corpus?

  • Body
Russel Brown
79 86

What is an eight-letter word meaning "one who advocates or practices altruism"?

  • Altruist
Russel Brown
68 88

What is an 8 letter word meaning "to subject to punitive measures"?

  • Chastise
Russel Brown
60 92

What is an 8 letter word meaning "to give credit or authority to"?

  • Accredit
Russel Brown
59 92

What is a word having same spelling but different sound and meaning?

  • Heteronym
Russel Brown
68 95

What is a six-letter word meaning "deficiency of blood or red corpuscles"?

  • Anemia
Russel Brown
69 84

What is a 9 letter word meaning "eagerly desirous and aspiring"?

  • Ambitious
Russel Brown
63 84
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