Figurative Language Review

Question 1

"The girl slurping her soup disturbed my peace and quiet."

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Onomatopoeia

Question 2

"I see the trash can still in the hallway."

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Not figurative language

Question 3

"The camera cuts to a bomb slowly ticking down..."

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Foreshadowing

Question 4

"The scar on his face was as long as a pencil."

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Simile

Question 5

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

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Idiom

Question 6

"When you fall like a statue."

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Simile

Question 7

"She turned her head sharply toward the noise."

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Not one of these literary devices

Question 8

"I hear the click-clack of their heels on the floor."

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Onomatopoeia

Question 9

The following sentence is an example of what? "He was a skyscraper, towering over everyone."

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Metaphor

Question 10

The following sentence is an example of what? "The sky misses the sun at night."

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Personification

Question 11

"My hope dangling by a string."

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Not one of these literary devices

Question 12

"I have mountains of homework left to do!"

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Hyperbole

Question 13

"Boom! Crash! Pop!"

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Onomatopoeia

Question 14

"Is there an Einstein in your physics class?"

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Allusion

Question 15

"Pizza is his Achille's heel."

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Allusion

Question 16

"The students glanced up at the dark spot on the ceiling, knowing it could collapse at any moment."

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Foreshadowing

Question 17

"I hear students walking in the halls."

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Not figurative language

Question 18

"I'm not going to beat around the bush--these double point questions are hard!"

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Idiom

Question 19

"I wish I could just click my heels and go home."

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Allusion

Question 20

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"

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Alliteration

Question 21

The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language? "They were as tall as a tree."

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Simile

Question 22

"She smiled a Cheshire Cat smile."

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Allusion

Question 23

"This coffee shop is an ice box!"

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Metahpor

Question 24

"You are my backbone."

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Metaphor

Question 25

"Fortunately, Fridays are my favorite days."

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Alliteration

Question 26

"I have already repeated the directions to this assignment several times."

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Not figurative language

Question 27

"The warm blanket hugged me while I cried."

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Personification

Figurative Language Review

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Figurative Language Review

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