Figurative Language Quiz 52 (25 MCQs)

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1. A group of words established by meaning NOT by the individual words
2. "Quack, quack, quack, " went the duck as he walked through the marsh. What type of figurative language is this?
3. The black algae came up like a foamy monster.This sentence is an example of a .....
4. It was so chilly outside that it caused the children's teeth to chatter.
5. What type of figurative language is this??Ogres are like onions.
6. A polite phrase for something too blunt or unpleasant
7. What creates images in the mind of the reader?
8. Phrases that mean something different than what they say. This type of figurative language makes sense figuratively, but not literally.
9. Hyperbole is:
10. The big present is calling my name.
11. What type of figurative language is this??Together the Titans took to the Trojans.
12. Pick the type of figurative language that BEST fits the sentence:The man's beard was a rat's tail, long and mangled.
13. What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'Time is a thief'?
14. A comparison that does use like or as is a/an .....
15. In this mode of speech, the real meanings of the words used are different from the intended meanings. For eg., the child of the cobbler has no shoe.
16. The fly buzzed past us.
17. My brother is a night owl.
18. When words END with the dame sound it is called:
19. The bugs went SPLAT on the windshield when we were driving to the campsite.
20. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:Zombies eat brains. You're safe. (a)
21. A direct comparison of two unlike thingsthat does NOT use like or as(x=y)is called
22. Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other
23. What kind of figurative language is being used?The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
24. Repeating the beginning sound in words is (a)
25. The bird hurled insults at me because I was too close to her nest.