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Figurative Language

Quiz by Cristina Castaldi

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21 questions
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  • Q1
    Repeating sounds at the beginning of words.
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q2
    An extreme exaggeration.
    hyperbole
    30s
  • Q3
    When an object is given human qualities.
    personification
    30s
  • Q4
    A common saying with a meaning completely different from its literal meaning.
    idiom
    30s
  • Q5
    A direct comparison of two things. (It doesn't use like or as.)
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q6
    A word that sounds like the sound it names.
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q7
    A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as".
    simile
    30s
  • Q8
    It's raining cats and dogs outside!
    idiom
    30s
  • Q9
    After a long day of hiking, he slept LIKE a log.
    simile
    30s
  • Q10
    The book was begging me to pick it up and read it.
    personification
    30s
  • Q11
    My teacher is so smart, she knows everything!
    hyperbole
    30s
  • Q12
    Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms.
    alliteration
    30s
  • Q13
    Her eyes were jewels sparkling in the sun.
    metaphor
    30s
  • Q14
    The racecar zoomed around the track.
    onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q15
    Philip found five photos.
    alliteration
    30s

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