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An English Language Arts Quiz to reinforce figurative language
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"Peter picked priceless pickled peppers"
Alliteration
oxymoron
Hyperbole
Theme
2
"I've told you a million times!"
Alliteration
A simile
A metaphor
Hyperbole
3
"Thundering silence"
is an example of....
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Personification
Personification
4
"A host of golden daffodils"
Alliteration
Assonance
Personification
Hyperbole
5
"The wind howled in the night."
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Oxymoron
6
My alarm clock yells at me every morning
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Idiom
Personification
Alliteration
Metaphor
7
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."
allusion
metaphor
allegory
juxtaposition
8
If it doesn't stop raining, I'm going to build an arc!
assonance
alliteration
allusion
allegory
9
"Sick as a dog"
is an example of:
Assonance
Alliteration
Oxymoron
cliche
10
"I'll be loaded like a freight train"
.. is an example of a(an)
Personification
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
11
"...But I have promises to keep, /
And miles to go before I sleep
, /
And miles to go before I sleep."
pun
simile
cliche
repetition
12
"On a proud round cloud in white high night"
Simile
Assonance
Personification
Alliteration
13
"Buzz"
is an example of....
Metaphor
Anthropomorphism
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
14
Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.
Personification
Alliteration
Anthropomorphism
Oxymoron
15
Finding a good boss is like finding a needle in a haystack.
analogy
imagery
onomatopoeia
personification
16
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
17
Jumbo shrimp...living death.. act naturally..plastic glasses
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These are all examples of
hyperbole
oxymoron
metaphors
similes
18
I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless.
Personification
Hyperbole
Assonance
Anthropomorphism
19
“Her face is like a sunbeam,”
is an example of what type of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
20
"His heart was a block of ice"
is an example of...
alliteration
Metaphor
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
21
But a better butter makes a batter better.
Hyperbole
A Simile
Oxymoron
Alliteration
22
"I'm lightning on my feet"
. This line is considered to be:
An Idiom
A simile
Alliteration
A metaphor
23
"I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!"
is an example of
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
24
Water rushed into the ravine.
Alliteration
Onomatopeia
Oxymoron
Assonance
25
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger could be considered:
A Simile
A Metaphor
A cliche
A Pun
26
Yesterday, a clown held the door open for me. It was such a nice jester!
pun
cliche
alliteration
Dad joke
27
“The tropical storm slept for two days,”
is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Simile
