Figurative Language Quiz 47 (25 MCQs)

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1. Descriptive words that appeal to the senses.
2. The bee floated across the field of flowers.
3. This question is like a million times easier.
4. The silence crept into the classroom.
5. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?My dad's feet were so smelly, I thought there were garbage trucks in the house!
6. "I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." -Mark Twain, Old Times on the Mississippi
7. The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar.
8. Fall Fridays feel fantastic.
9. 'That test was a breeze!' is an example of:
10. "Cars come and go like frantic ants."
11. "Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companionsand caught two in his hands like squirming puppiesto beat their brains out, spattering the floor."
12. Evaluate the author's overall use of figurative language. How does it contribute to the text's meaning?
13. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing
14. What figurative language is used in the expression "Time is a thief" ?
15. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"It's raining cats and dogs" .
16. Identify the figurative language in the sentence:'The classroom was a zoo.'
17. If someone gives you the advice to "Not count your chickens before they hatch", they are not warning you against tallying your birds, but instead warning you to not get your hopes up. This is an example of a(n):
18. Ada call my brother Roadrunner because he is always setting traps for me.
19. "As I stood in the field, the grass whispering its shy music."
20. This literary POV presents the storyline in a seeminly more NEUTRAL way to readers.
21. What 2 figurative languages are used in this sentence?The house was an inferno as the flames reached for the sky.
22. An "Ankle-biter" is a kenning referring to .....
23. Charming children chat in the corner
24. When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence is an?
25. What kind of figurative language is being used?The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.