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Identify Figurative Language

Quiz by Abigail Padilla

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  • Q1
    Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face. What type of figurative language is the example above?
    Allusion/Allegory
    Metaphor/Simile
    Metaphor/Personification
    Imagery/Simile
    30s
  • Q2
    Laughter is sunshine; it chases winter from the human face. What does this metaphor suggest in this context?
    Laughter is a human trait.
    Laughter can affect people in different ways.
    Laughter can brighten people's moods.
    Laughter cannot worsen people's moods.
    30s
  • Q3
    What does this figurative language suggest in this text suggest? Ten thousand daffodils saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
    The speaker was watching nature.
    The daffodils were a beautiful sight.
    The daffodils were moving in the wind.
    There are a lot of daffodils.
    30s
  • Q4
    What type of figurative language is this example? Ten thousand daffodils saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
    Personification
    Onomatopoeia
    Simile
    Allusion
    30s
  • Q5
    What type of figurative language is used below? The trawler plunged into the angry swells of the dark, furious sea.
    Alliteration
    Simile
    Personfication
    Onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q6
    What does the personification in this text suggest? The trawler plunged into the angry swells of the dark, furious sea.
    The trawler is expensive.
    The sea is tranquil and calm.
    The sea is fierce.
    The sea was deep in color.
    300s
  • Q7
    Which of the following correctly defines an idiom?
    a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
    a stressed followed by an unstressed syllable
    The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines
    an expression that cannot be understood literally. Its meaning must be learned.
    300s
  • Q8
    What does the idiom in this text suggest? Cell phones once cost an arm and a leg, but today the majority of people can afford them.
    Everyone owned cell phones at one point.
    People used to pay for cell phones by cutting off their arms and legs as payment.
    Cell phones were once popular items to trade.
    Cell phones were once very expensive.
    300s
  • Q9
    Which of the following accurately defines symbolism?
    Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
    A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well
    A word that imitates the sound it represents.
    Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)
    300s
  • Q10
    What does the idiom in this text suggest? For many runners who prefer running barefoot but still want some support and protection, minimalist shoes are the best thing since sliced bread.
    Runners enjoy sliced bread after they compete or exercise.
    The shoes are as soft as freshly baked bread.
    The shoes are an awful invention.
    The shoes are a fabulous invention.
    300s
  • Q11
    What type of figurative language is this example? The lighthouse horn moaned, and the sound traveled through the thick fog, reaching the sailors who were enveloped in the grayness.
    Assonance
    Personification
    Simile
    Imagery
    300s
  • Q12
    What does the personification in this text suggest? The lighthouse horn moaned, and the sound traveled through the thick fog, reaching the sailors who were enveloped in the grayness.
    The horn made a long, low sound.
    The sailors moaned when they saw the lighthouse.
    The sailors were complaining because they were lost.
    The size of the lighthouse caused the sailors to moan.
    300s
  • Q13
    What figurative language is this? You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.
    Imagery
    Alliteration
    Personification
    Simile
    300s
  • Q14
    What does the simile in this text suggest? You're as cold as ice; you're willing to sacrifice our love.
    The song is about someone who doesn't care.
    The song is about someone who is cold and needs a jacket.
    The song is about someone who is guilty.
    The song is about someone who is blissfully in love.
    300s
  • Q15
    They say be afraid You're not like the others, futuristic lovers Different DNA, they don't understand you You're from a whole other world A different dimension You open my eyes And I'm ready to go, lead me into the light Boy, you're an alien, your touch so foreign It's supernatural, extraterrestrial What type of figurative language is the artist using?
    Assonance
    Metaphor
    Onomatopoeia
    Trochaic
    300s

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