Figurative Language Quiz 50 (30 MCQs)

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1. Words imitate sounds
2. "I've been waiting forever"
3. What is the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning; sound words?
4. "Your teeth are like stars;They come out at night.They come back at dawnWhen they're ready to bite."-Your Teeth by Denise Rogers
5. What is the word in color an example of?Mr. Lawson was walking down the hallway when all of a sudden, BAM! One of his students ran right into him.
6. Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of
7. This uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point.
8. What two words are being compared in the simile below?Marcus ran like a large cheetah.
9. "My backpack weighs a TON!" is an example of which type of figurative language?
10. My students are wild animals!
11. Compares something directly to something else
12. A non-human, inanimate object, idea or animal is given human characteristics.
13. What type of figurative language is this??You are my sunshine.
14. What is A common expression that doesn't mean exactly (literally) what it says?
15. Which of the following is an example of SIMILE?
16. Our class is as good as gold.
17. Time flies by!
18. What does the metaphor mean in the sentence below?Dad is a bear every morning.
19. An author's attitude toward his or her subject.
20. What is the following sentence an example of:Slow and steady wins the race.
21. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"Morgan Mouse munched marshmallows merrily" .
22. My love is like a red rose.
23. The trees, tired from a long summer, shed their leaves and relaxed.
24. "In the wild wood they found an open glade, around a smooth stone house ..... the hall of Circe"
25. Giving human characteristics to things that aren't human
26. A group of words that are self-contradicting is a(n) (a)
27. A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as is called a .....
28. The ambulance sirine awakes the baby
29. The wrapper crackled when she put it in her purse.
30. The 6th grade classroom was a circus.What is this an example of?