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Figurative Language - Literary Devices
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1
The act of taking or receiving something offered.
Life Lessons
Compare & Contrast
Acceptance
Friendship
2
Name the
Literary Device
:
The cactus saluted those who drove by.
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
Imagery
3
Name this
Literary Device
:
That cake has my name on it!
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
4
Name the
Literary Device
: Giving non-human things human like qualities and characteristics.
Idiom
Personfication
Allusion
Alliteration
5
Name the
Literary Device
: An obvious funny exaggeration used to add emphasis or humor.
Metaphor
Alliteration
Idiom
Hyperbole
6
Name the
Literary Device
:
I died laughing!
Idiom
Hyperbole
7
Name the
Literary Device
:
The car is faster than the speed of light.
Idiom
Hyperbole
8
Name the
Literary Device
:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is what type of literary device?
Idiom
Hyperbole
9
Select the best example of
alliteration
.
My sister Tara took her time telling us the truth.
My sister Tara tried to say something.
My sister Tara did not want to tell us what happened.
My sister Tara told a lie.
10
Name the
Literary Device
: T
he wind howled through out the night.
Allusion
Personification
Hyperbole
Imagery
11
Select an example of an
idiom
.
"Her nose was long like a hose!"
"She danced like Beyonce!"
"I got butterflies in my stomach!"
"I could dance all night long!"
12
The study of aircraft flight is called...
Aerospace
Areospace
Airospace
Arrowspace
13
What words create
alliteration
?
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;
entrance, visitor & chamber
entreating, chamber
entreating, entrance
entrance, chamber
14
Something from which useful knowledge or principles can be learned.
Acceptance
Life Lessons
Perspective
Friendship
15
The state of being a friend; a friendly relation or intimacy.
Friendship
Hope
Acceptance
Compare & Contrast
16
A person in a play, novel or film is a...
Carracter
Character
Carricter
Charachter
17
Name the
Literary Device:
Traffic slowed to a crawl.
Personification
Imagery
Hyperbole
Idiom
18
To occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons.
Describe
Express
Courage
Engage
19
Another word for excited is...
Exstatic
Ecstatic
Estatic
Astatic
20
To tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of something or someone.
Engage
Determine
Describe
Courage
21
A degree of loudness is known as...
Voluum
Volume
Vulume
Vollume
22
Name the
Literary Device
:
Her eyes are a window to her soul.
Idiom
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
23
Compares one thing to another using like or as.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Alliteration
24
What words create
alliteration
?
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
Doubting, dreaming, dreams, dared & dream
Doubting, dreaming & dared
Dreaming, dreams & dared
Dreaming, dreams & dreams
25
Name the
Literary Device
:
She swims like a fish!
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
Alliteration
26
Compares one thing to another
without
using like or as.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Idiom
27
Name the
Literary Device
:
You're in hot water!
Hyperbole
Idiom
28
Name the
Literary Device
:
Button your lip!
Hyperbole
Idiom
29
Another word for a period of a thousand years...
Milinnium
Millennium
Milenium
Millenium
30
Name the
Literary Device
:
The sun glided across the ocean.
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Imagery
31
Name the
Literary Device
:
She sells seashells by the seashore...
Allusion
Alliteration
32
To relate; to tell
Identify
Theme
Narrator
Key Details
33
It was a rare...
Fenomenon
Phenomenon
Phenomenom
Phenomonom
34
Name the
Literary Device
:
It's raining cats and dogs" is what type of literary device?
Idiom
Hyperbole
35
The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or a topic.
Theme
Narrator
Key Details
Identify
36
A form of geometry is...
Triganometry
Triggenometry
Trigonometry
Triginnometry
37
Name the
Literary Device
:
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
Allusion
Alliteration
38
Select the best example of
alliteration
.
I knew what to bring for a treat since kids like lollipops.
I knew the kids would like ice cream sandwiches for a treat.
I knew what to bring for treats since my students love cake.
I knew what to bring for a treat since kids love popsicles.
39
What words create
alliteration
?
Polly noticed a pretty purple petal had fallen on the table.
Polly, pretty & purple
Polly & purple
Polly, pretty, purple & petal
Pretty & petal
40
The quality of mind & spirit that allows a person to face difficulty,danger, pain without fear.
Express
Engage
Courage
Describe
41
To state the similarities and differences between two or more things.
Perspective
Compare & Contrast
Life Lessons
Friendship
42
The name of the sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean is the...
Medditerranean
Meditterranian
Mediteranean
Mediterranean
43
Select an example of a
hyperbole
?
"Hold your horses!'
"That was a piece of cake!"
"I could sleep for a million years!"
"I'm on pins and needles!"
44
Synonyms include farming, countryside...
Agricultral
Agricoltural
Agricultural
Agriculltural
45
The most important facts.
Key Details
Point of View
Identify
Theme
46
Select the best example of
alliteration
.
Adam's computer seemed to be broken.
Adam wondered if Anna could help him with his computer.
Adam asked for Anna's assistance with the computer.
Adam asked for Julie's help with the computer.
47
Name the
Literary Device
:
The ivy wove its fingers around the fence.
Idiom
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
48
Name the
Literary Device
: Is used to create an image or picture in the mind of the reader.
Alliteration
Personification
Idiom
Imagery
49
Name the
Literary Device
:
I had a ton of chores.
Idiom
Hyperbole
50
Name the
Literary Device
:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers...
Alliteration
Allusion
51
A special right is also known as a...
Privilege
Priviledge
Privlige
Privalege
52
A figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event.
Alliteration
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
53
Name the
Literary Device
:
I was surprised his nose didn't grow like Pinocchio he lied so much.
Alliteration
Allusion
54
Name the
Literary Device
:
Hold your horses!
Hyperbole
Idiom
55
Another word for a zoo is...
Managiere
Menagerie
Menagerie
Minagerie
56
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
Point of View
Identify
Narrator
Key Details
57
What words create
alliteration
?
Her blue dress billowed on the blustery fall day.
blue, dress, billowed
blustery, fall & day
blue, dress & blustery
blue, billowed & blustery
58
Name the
Literary Device
: A saying that is not meant to be taken literally.
Allusion
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
59
The algebraic term is spelled...
Resiprical
Reciprocal
Reciprocel
Reciprocol
60
Name the
Literary Device
:
You're a real Einstein.
Allusion
Alliteration
61
A series of words that begin with the same letter or have the same sound.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Allusion
62
What words create
alliteration
?
The gentle giant jumped for joy when the surprise party began.
Gentle & giant
Gentle, giant, jumped & joy
Jumped & joy
Gentle & joy
63
The feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best.
Acceptance
Perspective
Hope
Friendship
64
Name the
Literary Device
:
He's a real Einstein.
Allusion
Alliteration
65
Name the
Literary Device
:
Her knowledge is out of this world!
Allusion
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
66
To put forth the opinions, feelings, etc., of (oneself), as in speaking,writing, or painting.
Describe
Express
Courage
Engage
67
Name the
Literary Device
:
The ship sank like the Titanic.
Alliteration
Allusion
68
The state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, in having a meaningful interrelationship.
Hope
Life Lessons
Perspective
Acceptance
69
To settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
Determine
Describe
Engage
Express
70
Associate closely with; regard someone as having a strong link with
Theme
Key Detail
Identify
Narrator
