Figurative Language Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. The trees lifted their leafy arms to pray.
2. The clouds danced across the sky.
3. This image is an example of ..... c
4. Two words that have opposite or very different meanings
5. "You never linger so, but graze before them all, and go afar to crop sweet grass, and take your stately way leading along the streams, until at evening you run to be the first one in the fold."
6. Isaac is as quiet as a mouse in Mrs. Chauncey's class.
7. Identify the sentence that does NOT use HYPERBOLE.
8. Books are the keys to your imagination.
9. Pop! went the top of the soda bottle.
10. The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.What figurative language device is used in the example above?
11. Human attributes and feelings given to non human objects or things
12. Read the idiom: "His words cut like a knife." What do you think this means?
13. The image is an example of what type of figurative language?d
14. The portion of the iceberg above the water can be labeled as ..... in this visual metaphor.a
15. This type of figurative language gives human qualities or traits to non-human things.
16. "My bedroom felt like a million degrees" is an example of alliteration.
17. Non-Human Things compared with human characteristics. Is .....
18. The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:
19. Word combinations that have a different meaning than the literalmeanings of each word.
20. "Dat's just de same as me 'cause mah tongue is in mah friend's mouf"
21. Which sentence is an example of assonance?
22. This is when an object represents something else.
23. Which one is NOT an example of alliteration? (Just for fun, try saying each one 5 times fast. Can you do it?)
24. A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
25. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:We had to wait forever!
26. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:The pilot feared heights, so he hired a therapist. (a)
27. Joel and Ellie looked around only to notice they were all alone.
28. Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.'
29. I had to run as fast as a cheetah to grab the last pack of toilet paper at Kroger!
30. "I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinoccho's." This is an example of an .....
31. The airplane danced across the sky.
32. The chair stood up straight and tall.
33. My parents gave me a tongue-lashing when they found that I lost my Nintendo Switch.
34. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
35. "Piece of cake"What type of figurative language is this?
36. Levy's smile was as bright as the sun!
37. Name the figurative language: "The warm sun peeked behind the grey clouds."
38. "Dogy was digging deep down in the dirt"
39. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Her lips were red like ripe cherries.
40. I was home in a split second.
41. The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning.
42. The falling icicle cut like a dagger through the thick layer of snow.
43. Mr. Kern is as cunning as a evil mastermind.
44. My life is a dream of wonders.
45. When a writer gives an animal or an object qualities or abilities that only a human can have?
46. The car died on the side of the road when it ran out of gas.
47. Which of the following has an exmaple of onomatopoeia?
48. An exaggeration is called a .....
49. What is the meaning of the following statement?I'm dying to see that movie.
50. Uses your 5 senses.ex:smell, sight, taste, hearing, touch
51. Identify the sentence below that is a METAPHOR.
52. "You could have knocked me over with a feather" is an example of .....
53. Which literary device is used in the following line?"The cold night air smelled of smoke and wood as the nearby houses let of a faint glow"
54. An idiom is .....
55. The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it.
56. Kisses are the flowers of affection.This is an example of:
57. An exaggeration used for comic effect.(HINT:that person is being extra)
58. Yahri is as quick as a cat!
59. Name the figurative language: "After a long day of hiking, he slept like a log."
60. The use of Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", in The Outsiders is an example of: