Figurative Language Quiz 2 (30 MCQs)

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1. The bee buzzed in my ear and scared me.
2. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called .....
3. The abandoned well is as dry as a bone
4. You have a smile that lights up the room is an example of what type of figurative language
5. HE is a ROCKET when he races. This is an example of:
6. Name the figurative language: "she was as happy as a clam when she won the contest."
7. I shivered in the storm for 200 years.
8. I am the happiest person in the on earth is an example of what type of figurative language?
9. Santa hummed a tune in his sleigh on Christmas Eve.
10. Explain the meaning of the simile below.The road was as flat as a pancake.
11. What is the meaning of the poem below? 'Hope' is the thing with feathers-That perches in the soul-And sings the tune without the words-And never stops-at all
12. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:Charming children chat in the corner. (a)
13. Which type of figurative language uses like or as to compare two unlike things?
14. When an author compares two things using the words like or as, which type of figurative language are they using?
15. The wind whispered softly outside the open window.
16. Is the overall feeling a reader gets when reading a story. Tone creates mood.
17. What two words are being compared in the simile below?The library was as quiet as a graveyard.
18. When Romeo describes how family love has caused hatred for the opposite family, he says "O loving hate ..... O heavy lightness, serious vanity ..... feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" (I.i.174-178). All of these are examples of what literary device?
19. She was as white as a ghost when she had the flu.
20. What is the meaning of the following statement?Hold your horses!
21. I am so hungry I could eat a cow. This figure of speech is .....
22. I'm so tired I could sleep for a year
23. What type of figurative language is this ..... "Smack!" , my flower pot hit the ground.
24. What kind of figurative language is being used?Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.
25. The pig squealed when it saw the dog.
26. The owl hooted in the tree. The word hooted is an example of .....
27. "Way to go, Derek Jeter, " the coach yelled to Grayson when he finished running the bases after his home run.
28. The phrase "battle Sweat" is a kenning referring to .....
29. "I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here?
30. I have told you a million times not to lie!