Figurative Language Quiz - RA
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- Q1
A figure of speech that includes an exaggeration that couldn't possibly happen in real life.
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
300s - Q2
A figure of speech that says one thing is the same as something else without using "like" or "as."
personification
idiom
metaphor
simile
300s - Q3
Expressions that mean something different than the words in the phrase might indicate.
hyperbole
personification
idiom
metaphor
300s - Q4
A figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
300s - Q5
The act of giving human traits, qualities, or actions to objects, concepts, or animals.
personification
hyperbole
alliteration
idiom
300s - Q6
The repetition of the first letter or sound of each word in a sentence, phrase, or poem.
idiom
hyperbole
personification
alliteration
300s - Q7
A word that originates from a sound.
personfication
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
idiom
300s - Q8
Dinosaurs desperately dug ditches to drive away dangerous dragons.
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
idiom
300s - Q9
It was so cold I saw a polar bear wearing a jacket.
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
300s - Q10
The snow is a white blanket.
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
alliteration
300s - Q11
As American as apple pie.
alliteration
metaphor
simile
idiom
300s - Q12
Give it a shot.
idiom
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
personification
300s - Q13
Lightning danced across the sky.
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
personification
idiom
300s - Q14
Snap!
onomatopoeia
alliteration
personification
hyperbole
300s - Q15
Larry's lizard likes leaping leopards.
simile
idiom
onomatopoeia
alliteration
300s