Figurative Language Review
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- Q1"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of which type of figurative language?MetaphorHyperboleIdiomSimile30s
- Q2What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as?SimileMetaphorOnomatopoeiaHyperbole30s
- Q3"I can smell pizza from a mile away" is an example of which type of figurative language?AlliterationHyperboleMetaphorPersonification30s
- Q4A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language?MetaphorSimileIdiomHyperbole30s
- Q5"This math problem is as easy as pie" is an example of which type of figurative language?MetaphorSimileIdiomHyperbole30s
- Q6The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is which type of figurative language?AlliterationOnomatopoeiaSimilePersonfication30s
- Q7An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?AlliterationOnomatopoeiaHyperboleIdiom30s
- Q8Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?IdiomAlliterationPersonificationOnomatopoeia30s
- Q9"Feeling rather lazy, he laid low in the lounge" is an example of which type of figurative language?HyperboleMetaphorAlliterationIdiom30s
- Q10"The teacher heard the distinct crunch of ruffled potato chips" is an example of which type of figurative language?AlliterationPersonificationSimileOnomatopoeia30s
- Q11"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of which type of figurative language?MetaphorPersonficationIdiomOnomatopoeia30s
- Q12A group of words used in a phrase or expression which means something different than what the words actually say is which type of figurative language?PersonficationIdiomAlliterationMetaphor30s
- Q13A word or words whose sound suggests their meaning. It is NOT just random letters thrown together to make a funny sound is which type of figurative language?OnomatopoeiaHyperboleAlliterationIdiom30s
- Q14"It’s raining cats and dogs" is an example of which type of figurative language?MetaphorAlliterationIdiomPersonification30s
- Q15"I turned as white as a ghost when you jumped out at me" is an example of which type of figurative language?PersonificationHyperboleSimileMetaphor30s