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Figurative Language Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. "Homework is a breeze, " is an example of which type of figurative language?
2. What is the use of words and phrases in an unusual way? Writers often use this to make their writing more colorful, powerful, and interesting. Examples include simile, metaphor, irony, and personification.
3. Seriously funny, alone together, clearly confused, and original copies are all examples of this type of figurative language:
4. "The mammoth Polyphemus roared in answer:'Nohbdy, Nhbdy's tricked me. Nohbdy's ruined me!" '
5. Peter laughs like a hyena is an example of metaphor.
6. "The sun is a golden ball"
7. What type of figurative language is a word imitating a sound? (a)
8. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. Select the one example of alliteration.
9. "I'll turn into a pumpkin if I'm not home on time." What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?
10. "You've got ants in your pants" is an example of
11. What is a play on words that has a humorous effect by using a word that suggests two or more meanings, or by using similar sounding words that have different meanings.
12. A phrase that has gained meaning that is different than the literal meaning of the words
13. What is the meaning of the idiom below?Mr. Smith is feeling under the weather, so he stayed in bed and took some medicine.
14. What technique is being used in the following passage:Paying bills is like having your teeth pulled.
15. Repeating the same beginning sound in two or more words is called .....
16. A comparison where one this is said to be another is a .....
17. BAM! The door shut behind me. This is an example of .....
18. Frank fed four funny fish in the fish tank
19. Which sentence uses figurative language?
20. BOOM! CRASH! The book fell off the shelf. This is an example of:
21. If Kim thinks that I'm going to let her copy my math homework, she's barking up the wrong tree.
22. "He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?
23. The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window
24. She [Janie] was " ..... beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her."
25. What is being personified? "The orange wall screamed at her when she walked by."
26. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." This is an example of .....
27. Name the figurative language: "actions speak louder than words."
28. The song lyric, "I would walk 500 miles, And I would walk 500 more, Just to be the man who walked 1, 000 miles to fall down at your door, " is BEST described as an example of .....
29. Clues that give hints as to what is going to happen next in the story. (Hint:predicting the future)
30. My homework pile is a mile high. (a)
31. Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is an example of .....
32. "We're a flame in the wind, not the fire that we've begun" is an example of .....
33. Dad said, "I'd give a million dollars for a piece of pumpkin pie." Dad's statement is an example of
34. "Maidenhood must end! Have not the noblest born Phaecianspaid court to thee, whose birth none can excel? Go beg thy sovereign father, even at dawn, to have the mule cart and the mules brought roundto take thy body-linen, gowns, and mantles"
35. He's a Scrooge when it comes to giving. What type of figurative language is this?
36. "The pillow is as soft as a cloud" is an example of a metaphor.
37. "You lived your life like a candle in the wind" is an example of .....
38. She read the book at a snail's pace.
39. Uses extreme exaggeration.
40. The boy runs so fast, he is lightning.
41. Repeating exact words or phrases for emphasis
42. You are a diamond in the rough
43. Keith is a shining star
44. "The city was a jungle" is an example of what?
45. The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature.
46. His eyes were glued to the clock. This is an example of .....
47. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
48. A comparison of two things that does not use like or as is a/an .....
49. What kind of figurative language is being used?Avery was so mad his head blew up.
50. This back pack weights a TON!
51. Five funny frogs ferociously ate french fries.What is this an example of?
52. The sunflowers nodded their heads.
53. Figurative language is words that always mean exactly what they say.
54. Her smile was a ray of sunshine.
55. Giving human traits to a non-human object.ex:the sun is smiling at us.
56. What type of figurative language?"I want to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep"
57. My father was the sun and the moon to me
58. What is the following sentence an example of:Two heads are better than one!
59. A comparison of who different things by stating that one thing is another
60. Jessica is an Einstein in her math class.
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