Figurative Language Quiz 42 (30 MCQs)

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1. TR's a beast on the football field.
2. What type of figurative language is shown?The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.
3. The trees danced in the window.
4. When you give human-like qualities to something that is not human
5. What is a sound device that imitates the natural sound of a thing?
6. Which literary device is used in the following line?"He's running faster than the wind"
7. ''Ouch!" Karina yelped as she sat down in math class. ''What happened?" her friend Gabby asked. "The desk stabbed me, " Karina responded, rubbing her leg.What type of figurative language is used above?
8. The stocking was exploding with presents.
9. Before the lesson started, the teacher checked the attendance.
10. What is the emotional meaning of a word called?
11. What figurative language uses repeating letters or sounds?
12. The police station was robbed.
13. Kylie is a ray of sunshine.
14. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?It took me a hundred years to finish all of my homework last night.
15. Her gown sparkled like a diamond.
16. What is it called when a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, artistic, or literary significance is made in another piece of writing?
17. "My life is a dream of wonders" is an example of .....
18. Choose the figurative language used in the sentence." You snore louder than the freight train! ''
19. This sentence is an example of what: "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf."
20. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?Boom! The fireworks cracked above in the sky to celebrate the Fourth of July.
21. A comparison that does not use like or as
22. Don't get Oden angry, or he'll swell up and turn green, like the Hulk.
23. Identify the figure of speech:Fair is foul, and foul is fair:Hover through the fog and filthy air.
24. Nily briefly brushed the baby's hair. This sentence uses:
25. What is a proverb?
26. Analyze the tone of the passage. How does the author's word choice contribute to it?
27. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood as literally true.
28. My hair is crazy like Medusa in the morning!
29. Personification is when you give an idea/thing ..... qualities.
30. The dog laughed at the dancing cat!