Stargirl Figurative Language Quiz
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22 questions
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What is a hyperbole?
What is a hyperbole?
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What is an idiom?
What is an idiom?
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A metaphor compares two things using "like" or "as"
A metaphor compares two things using "like" or "as"
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"Hit the sack" is an idiom.
"Hit the sack" is an idiom.
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What is the denotation of "shunning?"
What is the denotation of "shunning?"
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What is the onomatopeia in "Suddenly the sound struck my ear with a ping of pure silver."
What is the onomatopeia in "Suddenly the sound struck my ear with a ping of pure silver."
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What figurative language is used in "The lunchroom was dead silent."
What figurative language is used in "The lunchroom was dead silent."
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What figurative language is used in " In school, I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms."
What figurative language is used in " In school, I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms."
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What is the dormant frog metaphor?
What is the dormant frog metaphor?
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What figurative language is used in "Hillari took off her shoe and used it like a hammer to smash the cookie on her table."
What figurative language is used in "Hillari took off her shoe and used it like a hammer to smash the cookie on her table."
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What figurative language is used in "It was if a million fireflies lit up our way"
What figurative language is used in "It was if a million fireflies lit up our way"
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Which figurative language device is used in "She wore an off white dress so long it covered her shoes. It had ruffles around the neck and cuffs and looked like it could have been her great-grandmothers wedding gown."
Which figurative language device is used in "She wore an off white dress so long it covered her shoes. It had ruffles around the neck and cuffs and looked like it could have been her great-grandmothers wedding gown."
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What does connotation mean?
What does connotation mean?
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Connotation can either be positive, negative, or neutral.
Connotation can either be positive, negative, or neutral.
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What does the simile "Her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deer's eyes caught in the headlights" mean?
What does the simile "Her eyes were the biggest I had ever seen, like deer's eyes caught in the headlights" mean?
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What does the hyperbole "The noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone" mean?
What does the hyperbole "The noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone" mean?
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What figurative language device is used in "We were walking westward.''
What figurative language device is used in "We were walking westward.''
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What is the idiom in "The rat she brought to school was only the tip of the iceberg."
What is the idiom in "The rat she brought to school was only the tip of the iceberg."
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What does the personification "The sun lay down behind the mountains" mean?
What does the personification "The sun lay down behind the mountains" mean?
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What is the allusion in "..While Sun Valley’s team was not as good as ours, they did have one thing we did not: asuperstar. A kid named Ron Kovac. He stood six-foot-eight and averaged thirty points per game.Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath?"
What is the allusion in "..While Sun Valley’s team was not as good as ours, they did have one thing we did not: a
superstar. A kid named Ron Kovac. He stood six-foot-eight and averaged thirty points per game.
Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath?"
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What TWO figurative langauge devices are in "Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath?"
What TWO figurative langauge devices are in "Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath?"
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Where does the allusion "Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath" come from?
Where does the allusion "Our players looked like Davids flailing against Goliath" come from?