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Figurative Language Practice

Quiz by Mrs. Orpin

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14 questions
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  • Q1
    What is an idiom?
    Using human actions to describe non-humans
    Using the same letter/sound
    An extreme exaggeration
    A saying that means something different
    30s
  • Q2
    What is a simile?
    Comparing without like/as
    A saying that means something different
    Start with the same letter or sound
    Comparing using like/as
    30s
  • Q3
    What is an alliteration?
    An extreme exaggeration
    Using the same sound/letter
    Using human actions to describe non-humans
    Sound words
    30s
  • Q4
    What is onomatopoeia?
    Words with the same letters/sound
    Sayings that mean something different
    Sound words
    Using human actions to describe non-humans
    30s
  • Q5
    What is a hyperbole?
    Sound word
    An extreme exaggeration
    Comparing without like/as
    Using human actions to describe non-humans
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a metaphor?
    Comparing using like/as
    Starting with the same letter/sound
    Comparing without like/as
    Using human actions to describe non-humans
    30s
  • Q7
    What is personification?
    Comparing using like/as
    A phrase that means something different
    An extreme exaggeration
    Using human actions to describe non-humans
    30s
  • Q8
    I am as happy as a lark.
    Simile
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Idiom
    30s
  • Q9
    The family waited in the car for a hundred years.
    Metaphor
    Idiom
    Alliteration
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q10
    The window grumbled as it was opened.
    Hyperbole
    Simile
    Onomatopoeia
    Personification
    30s
  • Q11
    The classroom was a zoo.
    Simile
    Alliteration
    Personification
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q12
    The chair banged into the table.
    Hyperbole
    Hyperbole
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    30s
  • Q13
    Marvin makes mavelous macaroni.
    Alliteration
    Onomatopoeia
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q14
    You're pulling my leg.
    Personification
    Idiom
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    30s

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