Figurative Language Quiz

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Figurative Language Quiz

Last updated over 3 years ago

6 questions

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Write a metaphor.

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Define onomatopoeia.

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The wind cried out, bending the trees with all its might."

Hyperbole

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The wet dog was as slick as an ice skating rink."

Simile

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia 

Alliteration

Which of the following sentences features an alliterative phrase?

The boxer's fist crashed into the nose of his opponent.

The heavenly hot cakes melted marvelously on his mauve tongue.

His smile lit up like the lights in Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Don't talk to me. I have a million things to do today.

Match the following words to their definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Simile		The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration		The projection of human qualities onto nonhuman objects.
Hyperbole		A comparison that states that one thing is another thing.
Metaphor		A comparison that states that one thing is another thing using "like" or "as."
Personification		An extravagant exaggeration.

Write a metaphor.

Define onomatopoeia.

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
 "The wind cried out, bending the trees with all its might."

Hyperbole

Simile

Personification

Metaphor

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The wet dog was as slick as an ice skating rink." 

Simile

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia 

Alliteration

Which of the following sentences features an alliterative phrase?

The boxer's fist crashed into the nose of his opponent.

The heavenly hot cakes melted marvelously on his mauve tongue.

His smile lit up like the lights in Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Don't talk to me. I have a million things to do today.

Match the following words to their definition.

Simile

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Alliteration

The projection of human qualities onto nonhuman objects.

Hyperbole

A comparison that states that one thing is another thing.

Metaphor

A comparison that states that one thing is another thing using "like" or "as."

Personification

An extravagant exaggeration.

Figurative Language Quiz

Figurative Language Quiz

Write a metaphor.

Define onomatopoeia.

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence? "The wind cried out, bending the trees with all its might."

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?"The wet dog was as slick as an ice skating rink."

Which of the following sentences features an alliterative phrase?

Match the following words to their definition.

Write a metaphor.

Define onomatopoeia.

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The wind cried out, bending the trees with all its might."

Which type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
"The wet dog was as slick as an ice skating rink."