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- 1. Multiple Choice
'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:
onomatopoeia
alliteration
simile
metaphor
- 2. Multiple Choice
This term means to use a strong exaggeration:
personification
idiom
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
- 3. Multiple Choice
'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
- 4. Multiple Choice
Silly Sammy swam so smoothly' is an example of:
onomatopoeia
metaphor
alliteration
idiom
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is alliteration?
Words that rhyme
An exaggeration, very dramatic!
A figure of speech that directly compares two things.
The repetition of beginning sounds
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe flame in the candle danced in the dark.hyperboleonomatopoeiapersonificationsimile
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a hyperbole?comparing two things using like or asan extreme exaggerationgiving human traits to objects or ideaswords or phrases that are contradictory
- 8. Multiple Choice
Tom was terrified as he touched the tarantula's toes.
alliteration
repetition
hyperbole
imagery
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a simile?A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.Giving inhuman things human like qualitiesAn extreme exaggerationComparison of two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThese shoes take 50 million years to put on.imagerysimilepersonificationhyperbole
- 11. Multiple Choice
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
personification
alliteration
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of figurative language is used below:
The thunder BOOMED, and the lightning CRACKLED.onomatopoeiaalliterationidiommetaphor - 13. Multiple Choice
What is an onomatopoeia?
a word that resembles the sound it makes
comparing two things using like or as
a dramatic exaggeration
comparing two things by saying one is the other
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.personificationalliterationmetaphorsimile - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of figurative language is shown?
The runner ran like a cheetah in the race.metaphoroxymoronsimilehyperbole - 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of figurative language is shown?
Her long hair is an ocean of waves.personificationonomatopoeiahyperbolemetaphor - 17. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is shown?
She was so sad that all the tears she cried filled up a lake.
hyperbole
idiom
alliteration
onomatopoeia
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'similemetaphorhyperbolepersonification
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.personificationmetaphorsimilehyperbole
- 20. Multiple Choice
What's the meaning of this idiom?
"That was a piece of cake!"
That was yummy!
That was so difficult.
That was very easy.
I just had a piece of cake.
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