Figurative Language Quiz 26 (60 MCQs)

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1. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?Your smile is like a ray of sunshine
2. What kind of figurative language is being used?7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant hurricane.
3. It was raining cats and dogs. Is an example of .....
4. Which song lyrics contain onomatopoeia?
5. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:The cold stabbed me like a knife. (a)
6. The author's message about the nature of the human condition.
7. What is the following an example of:An apple a day keeps the doctor away!
8. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.
9. A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
10. Samantha saw seven silly soldiers selling strawberries Saturday.
11. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The sun will be a billion years away in a few minutes.
12. Cathy is as cute as a kitten.
13. Ana is as slow as molasses in the mornings.What type of figurative language is this sentence?
14. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.
15. Harry is as blind as a bat without his glasses.
16. Leslie is still in the dark about her surprise Halloween birthday party. The idiom in this sentence means that Leslie
17. Mrs. Souza cannot live without her morning cup of coffee.
18. Language that appeals to the five senses and creates a picture for the reader.
19. Which of these is a hyperbole?
20. The cup danced joyfully across the table.
21. I am so thirsty I could drink a lake!
22. Identify the figurative language technique below that means COMPARING 2 OBJECTS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"
23. Noah's smartphone is a window into the world.
24. Having the same sound at the end of two or more words
25. She was feeling under the weather.
26. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
27. Compares two unlike things DIRECTLY
28. Two contradictory terms put together
29. The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. What type of figurative language is this?
30. Identify the definition below that matches IDIOM.
31. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally is?
32. The cow yelled at the fly after it bit him
33. Words that resemble the sound they describe
34. What kind of figurative language is being used?Our feet squished in the mud.
35. Victoria's pencil ran across her page as she wrote down all her ideas.
36. She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes.
37. The burning wood hissed and crackled.
38. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"I have a million things to do for homework!"
39. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"The flowers danced in the wind."
40. An endless quiet valley spreads outPast the blue hills into the evening sky;
41. That test was a piece of cake!This is an example of .....
42. He has a heart of stone
43. "The water well is as dry as a bone" is an example of what type of figurative language?
44. Naomi's closet is a junkyard.
45. A hyperbole is an:
46. It was so hot at Green Lake that the air was sweating.
47. Hyperbole is an exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor. It is often used in everyday conversations. An example of hyperbole is, "I would die for you."
48. My brother is a pig.
49. The pride and patriotism of the Twins baseball fans gleamed from their faces as the American Flag was carried onto the field. What type of figurative language is this?
50. Define "Figurative Language"
51. The rain danced on the roof.
52. I am on cloud nine!
53. An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom
54. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"The leaves danced in the wind" .
55. My beliefs about life after death are not rooted in any particular philosophy.
56. You are the light of my life. What type of figurative language is this?
57. The stars are dancing
58. Identify the following sentence that contains an IDIOM.
59. What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration?
60. David's room is a pig pen