Figurative Language Quiz 13 (30 MCQs)

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1. Identify and categorised the following statements and say what are they? Similes (1), Metaphor (2), Idioms (3)1) Rose is like a rose.2) My car grumbled. 3) My mother grounded me for 100 days.
2. A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is a dissimilar object or thing.
3. He had hairy hands he had hoped he'd handle.
4. Name the figurative language: "he was so strong, he could chop the tree down with one swing of an axe."
5. "Last of them all my ram, the leader, cameweighted by wool and me with my meditations ..... 'Nohbdy will not get out alive, I swear.Oh, had you brain and voice to tellwhere he may be now, dodging my fury!Bashed by his hand and based on this rock wallhis brains would strew the floor, and I should haverest from the outrage Nohbdy worked upon me." '
6. I can smell pizza from a mile away.
7. The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.
8. "Homework is a breeze, " is an example of which type of figurative language?
9. What is the use of words and phrases in an unusual way? Writers often use this to make their writing more colorful, powerful, and interesting. Examples include simile, metaphor, irony, and personification.
10. Seriously funny, alone together, clearly confused, and original copies are all examples of this type of figurative language:
11. "The mammoth Polyphemus roared in answer:'Nohbdy, Nhbdy's tricked me. Nohbdy's ruined me!" '
12. Peter laughs like a hyena is an example of metaphor.
13. "The sun is a golden ball"
14. What type of figurative language is a word imitating a sound? (a)
15. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. Select the one example of alliteration.
16. "I'll turn into a pumpkin if I'm not home on time." What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
17. "You've got ants in your pants" is an example of
18. What is a play on words that has a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings, or by using similar sounding words that have different meanings.
19. A phrase that has gained meaning that is different than the literal meaning of the words
20. What is the meaning of the idiom below?Mr. Smith is feeling under the weather, so he stayed in bed and took some medicine.
21. What technique is being used in the following passage:Paying bills is like having your teeth pulled.
22. Repeating the same beginning sound in two or more words is called .....
23. A comparison where one this is said to be another is a .....
24. BAM! The door shut behind me. This is an example of .....
25. Frank fed four funny fish in the fish tank
26. Which sentence uses figurative language?
27. BOOM! CRASH! The book fell off the shelf. This is an example of:
28. If Kim thinks that I'm going to let her copy my math homework, she's barking up the wrong tree.
29. "He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?
30. The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window