Figurative Language Quiz 9 (25 MCQs)

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1. I'm a rocket.
2. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.Ben is a walking dictionary.
3. Explain the meaning of the personification below.It's raining cats and dogs!
4. ''Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary, "-Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
5. ..... a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as
6. Cats can't couldn't care less.
7. This sentence is an example of what: "You are my knight in shining armor."
8. 7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant earthquake.
9. What is an example of a simile?The snow kissed the ground;Like a child to his mother, Returned home at last
10. An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say
11. Her eyes are as sparkly as a diamond is a
12. The ornament broken into a million pieces as it hit the floor.
13. "Silver bells! ..... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device?
14. The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.
15. The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
16. Random order ..... Act naturally ..... Deafening silence .....
17. It is raining cats and dogs.
18. I can smell my mother's cooking from a mile away.
19. Which sentence contains an example of a PERSONIFICATION?
20. Each letter of a word written vertically is given a word or phrase to describe a topic
21. Repetition of beginning sounds in words
22. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmthand green and life. It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmthuntil it sang of joyand love and life.How many stanzas are there in the poem above?
23. What kind of figurative language is being used?She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
24. My alarm clock screams at me every morning at 6:00 A.M.
25. What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.