Figurative Language/ Sound Device Quiz
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- Q1
Define Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things.
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
Giving a non-human thing, human qualities.
30s - Q2
Define Personification
Giving non-human things, human qualities.
Comparing two unlike things
An over exaggeration
30s - Q3
Define Hyperbole
Giving non-human things, human qualities.
An over exaggeration
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
30s - Q4
Define Simile
Giving non-human things, human qualities.
An over exaggeration
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
30s - Q5
Which is an example of a Simile?
This is icing on the cake
My heart stopped when I saw her
Hope is on the horizon
Fits like a glove
45s - Q6
Which is an example of a metaphor?
This is icing on the cake
The wind whistled down the road.
Fits like a glove
45s - Q7
Which of these is an example of personification?
He was as sly as a fox
The hair on my arms stood up.
Time is a thief
45s - Q8
Which of these is an example of hyperbole
She was so angry, she could have exploded.
She stuck out like a sore thumb.
She is going through a rollercoaster of emotions.
30s - Q9
Group the examples together by if they are metaphors or similes
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Group the examples together by if they are personification or hyperbole
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Define Rhyme Scheme
The use of the same word or phrase multiple times.
Are labels using the letters of the alphabet, which shows the lines that rhyme
The repetition of a same or similar sound in the beginning of words in the same sentence or stanza.
30s - Q12
Define Alliteration
The repetition of a same or similar sound in the beginning of words in the same sentence or stanza.
30s - Q13
Define Repetition
The use of a word or phrase multiple times.
The repetition of a same or similar sound in the beginning of words in the same sentence or stanza.
poems are labeled using the letters of the alphabet (a,b,c,d,e,f, etc).
30s - Q14
Which example has alliteration
My dad was a truck driver, he loved to eat out.
I once saw a skeleton dance through the streets.
I read my book all day.
30s - Q15
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem:
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
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