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Figurative Language SOL

Quiz by Caroline Carter-Mcclure

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14 questions
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  • Q1
    allusion
    The more he talked the longer his nose grew.
    45s
  • Q2
    hyperbole
    There were a million bugs in the sink. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
    45s
  • Q3
    cliche
    LOL / Cry me a river / OMG
    45s
  • Q4
    idiom
    He kicked the bucket. / We are all in the same boat. / He let the cat out of the bag.
    45s
  • Q5
    simile
    The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. / Life is like a box of chocolates.
    45s
  • Q6
    metaphor
    You are the air I breathe. / Ripe tomatoes are pieces of heaven in my garden.
    45s
  • Q7
    paradox
    If there is one thing I know, it's that I know nothing. / Deep down, you're really shallow.
    45s
  • Q8
    personification
    My flowers were begging for water. / The engine coughed to life.
    45s
  • Q9
    irony
    The fire station burned down. / A post on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is.
    45s
  • Q10
    analogy
    "Withdrawal of U.S. troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public; the more U.S. troops come home, the more will be demanded." - Henry Kissinger (Answer is NOT simile even though there is a simile)
    45s
  • Q11
    alliteration
    Why who makes much of a miracle? / As to me I know nothing else but miracles.
    45s
  • Q12
    Snap! Crackle! Pop!
    onomatopoeia
    45s
  • Q13
    Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, (NOT alliteration )
    mood
    45s
  • Q14
    "And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don't know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn't the best. We complained about it. " Donald Barthelme
    Tone
    45s

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