Figurative Language Quiz 23 (30 MCQs)

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1. 'She sang of his love forever.' is an example of:
2. "strategist Odysseus""Pallas Athena"
3. The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft
4. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of?
5. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.The sentence is an example of
6. 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?
7. The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds.
8. The rain came down in full cold buckets.
9. He's a penny pincher.
10. Children's books are often written from what literary POV?
11. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings. (a)
12. The steak sizzled on the grill.
13. This type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration.
14. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?The wind whispered through the trees
15. There were echoes of her own childhood in the novel she wrote about a poor family who emigrated to the United States.
16. I distinctly remember forgetting that. It's an example of .....
17. In the expression "Her words cut deeper than a knife, " what figurative language is being used?
18. Which type of figurative language is being used? "Death lies on her like an untimely frost"
19. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate
20. Which one is an example of a personification?
21. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?
22. My new neighbour is as curious as a cat. What does that mean?
23. Bobby bought boots for his trip to Bolivia.
24. Giving an object/animal human traits. What figurative language is this describing?
25. A phrase made up of words containing opposite meanings.
26. Which part of the sentence is an extreme exaggeration?The drive took forever when we drove across the state.
27. Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to are called .....
28. "The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box." This is an example of a simile.
29. What type of figurative language is being used?"I see Queen Mab hath been with you!" (used to mean that Romeo is delusional)
30. Laughter is the best medicine.