Figurative Language Quiz 11 (60 MCQs)

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1. Jill could not shake the feeling that Jack made a deliberate mistake to ensure that their project took more time. What figurative language device is being used in the sentence above?
2. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?"The girl was a kite, floating above the confusion around her."
3. Which of the following correctly identifies a symbol?
4. Define Hyperbole
5. The crafty crocodile invited the lazy lion to his party.
6. That pumpkin weighs a million pounds!
7. What is the following sentence an example of:You're toast!
8. Who let the cat out of the bag by telling the other students that we were having a party?
9. Talking animals are an example of what type of figurative language?
10. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Emily swam like a dolphin in the pool.
11. Giving human qualities to something non-human
12. What type of figurative language is shown?Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
13. Which literary device is used in the following line from Annabel Lee? "And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes"
14. The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.What figure of speech is this?
15. Lovingly, she stroked the baby's velvety skin.
16. Bob Ross expresses many feelings through his paintings.
17. Which sentence below uses alliteration?
18. His smile is as creepy as a pumpkin on Halloween.
19. "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
20. Gaslights bloomed on the new streetslike flowers, and lit with a "Pop!" at night.This has examples of:
21. It's when the beginning consonant sound repeats
22. Giving non-human objects human like qualities is called .....
23. Which type of figurative language is below?The soccer player was a bolt of lightning zooming across the field.
24. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
25. What does it really mean: "She was pulling my leg."
26. Words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point
27. Which of the following is the best example of specific diction?
28. An expression that means something other than the usual meaning of the words
29. The moon smiled at the earth.
30. He was a car speeding through the streets is an example of .....
31. "In a smithy one sees a white-hot axehead or an adzeplunged and wrung in a cold tub, screeching steam ..... the way they make soft iron hale and hard ..... just so that eyeball hissed around the spike."
32. She sang of his love forever
33. Using the same consonant sound throughout the sentence is .....
34. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"Nick's nephew needed new notebooks."
35. Outrageous exaggeration made to emphasize a point.
36. The little road says, Go, The little house says, Stay
37. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?If Francis wins the lottery tonight, I'll eat my hat.
38. The typical teenage boy's room is a disaster area.
39. The flute sang out beautifully during the concert.
40. "You are a star"
41. The fest was a long never-ending marathon.
42. An exaggerated expression
43. What is an understatement?
44. BANGis an example of:
45. 'She sang of his love forever.' is an example of:
46. "strategist Odysseus""Pallas Athena"
47. The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft
48. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of?
49. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.The sentence is an example of
50. The quote from the popular Owl City song, "You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep, " is an example of what type of figurative language?
51. The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
52. The rain came down in full cold buckets.
53. He's a penny pincher.
54. Children's books are often written from what literary POV?
55. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings. (a)
56. The steak sizzled on the grill.
57. This type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration.
58. There were echoes of her own childhood in the novel she wrote about a poor family who emigrated to the United States.
59. I distinctly remember forgetting that. It's an example of .....
60. In the expression "Her words cut deeper than a knife, " what figurative language is being used?