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Figurative Language - 7th grade

Quiz by Kim Parsons

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  • Q1
    Giving human characteristics to non-human things is the definition of this type of figurative language.
    hyperbole
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    20s
  • Q2
    An obvious extreme exaggeration is called...
    onomatopoeia
    personification
    idiom
    hyperbole
    20s
  • Q3
    A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports or movies is called.....
    personification
    idiom
    allusion
    hyperbole
    20s
  • Q4
    Words whose sounds suggest their meaning are called.....
    simile
    onomatopoeia
    idiom
    hyperbole
    20s
  • Q5
    The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words is called......
    personification
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    idiom
    20s
  • Q6
    A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as is called a ..........
    idiom
    simile
    allusion
    metaphor
    20s
  • Q7
    A comparison of two unlike things that doesn't use the words like or as is called a........
    metaphor
    simile
    idiom
    personification
    20s
  • Q8
    A group of words whose meaning is different than its literal meaning is called a(n)
    simile
    allusion
    idiom
    metaphor
    20s
  • Q9
    Leslie loves to lay about on lazy days. What type of figurative language is this an example of?
    idiom
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    onomatopoeia
    20s
  • Q10
    Her cheeks were like apples.
    personification
    metaphor
    hyperbole
    simile
    20s
  • Q11
    Her eyes were diamonds in the night sky.
    metaphor
    idiom
    simile
    personification
    20s
  • Q12
    Break a leg!
    personification
    simile
    idiom
    metaphor
    20s
  • Q13
    The shadows embraced.
    metaphor
    simile
    hyperbole
    personification
    20s
  • Q14
    Oh, never, if I live to a million, /Shall I feel such a grievous pain.
    hyperbole
    personification
    simile
    idiom
    20s
  • Q15
    All round the house is the jet-black night; /It stares through the window-pane; / It craws in the corners, hiding from the light,
    simile
    allusion
    metaphor
    personification
    20s

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