Figurative Language Quiz 13 (60 MCQs)

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1. I have a million things to do today.
2. Their family was a patchwork quilt of diversity. Each adopted child added something beautiful to the whole
3. Choose the sentence that contains alliteration below.
4. A figurative language that uses statements that contradicts itself.
5. Imagery is language that creates a picture.
6. "This homework is a breeze" means .....
7. Mark is a cheetah, running through the wild.
8. What is being compared in the simile below?"Her tears flowed like a river down her cheek?"
9. My homework pile is a mile high.This sentence is an example of
10. Which sentence contains a pun?
11. This sentence is an example of what: "I have a ton of homework."
12. Which type of figurative language is used in the following Beatles song, "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter?"
13. "Achooo" is an example of what?
14. A picture is worth a thousand words.What does this idiom mean?
15. Jayla was so tired she decided to hit the hay. What type of figurative language is this?
16. This type of figurative language compares things WITHOUT using like or as.
17. The two literary devices that compare two things to each other are ..... and .....
18. The trees dropped their leaves and rested.
19. The west wind dances down the road.
20. ..... is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.
21. My daughter used every candy cane ever made to decorate her gingerbread house.
22. What technique is being used in the following passage:The moon was a silver ship sailing through the sea.
23. The phrase "whale Road" is a kenning referring to .....
24. Her purse weighs a ton.
25. Means extreme exaggeration
26. Baby Brittany bawled because her blue balloon burst.
27. What type of figurative language is this??I sat with my cat while wearing a hat.
28. Poems are meant to be read
29. The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore.
30. Mary's voice is music to my ears.
31. An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.
32. The candle flame danced in the dark.
33. Words used to involve one or more of the readers's five senses.
34. Words that make noises or actions:
35. A comparison of two different things without using "like" or "as"
36. ..... the sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever.
37. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.
38. His voice is music to my ears.
39. We had to wait forever!
40. What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is like another thing.
41. Which object is this sentence describing?"The burning ball of fire rose every morning at the same time spreading light in every direction"
42. Name the figurative language: "the cereal popped and cracked in my bowl."
43. An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words is an example of what type of figurative language?
44. Repeating the beginning sound in words is
45. Which sentence contains an example of a SIMILE?
46. A humorous 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme Pattern .....
47. "Wham!" is an example of what?
48. Jane jumped joyfully.
49. What literary device is being used? "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"
50. Her messy room was a disaster zone
51. Discuss how hyperbole is used in the text. What is its purpose?
52. "The leaves danced in the wind"
53. What does the following sentence mean:The hamburger was a brick in my stomach
54. Paul's peaches were perfectly ripe.
55. Using two words with opposite meanings to create a new meaning
56. On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of .....
57. Make sure you tell you're friends in the play to break a leg tonight!
58. Kaiden's jacket is so bright, I feel like I'm looking at the face of the sun!
59. "I caught a fish as big as a house, " is an example of what type of figurative language?
60. It really burned me up when you yelled at me