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