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A #quiz about #figurativelanguage including #simile #metaphor #hyperbole #idiom #personification.
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"A big black bear burst out and bounded at me" is an example of...
metaphor
simile
alliteration
repetition
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"The door opened with a CREAK" is an example of...
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
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Hyperbole is...
A word representing a sound
Repeatng the same letter/sound at the start of each word
An extreme exaggeration
A comparison using like or as
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Alliteration is...
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
Repeating the same letter sound
A comparison using like or as
An exaggeration
5
A metaphor is...
A sound word
A word representing a sound
A comparison saying that one thing is another thing
An exaggeration
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"This is the worst day anyone has ever had" is an example of...
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
consonance
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Figurative language creates imagery in writing
False
True
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Onomatopoeia is...
Giving human characteristics to something that isn't alive
A sound word
Repeating the same consonant sound
A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said
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"Peter promptly prepared the spicy peppers" is an example of...
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
onomatopoeia
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"My mean neighbor is such a rat" is an example of...
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
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"That soccer player is a rhino trampling over his opponents" is an example of...
hyperbole
simile
repetition
metaphor
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An idiom is...
words that have a different meaning than what their definitions are
Sound words
Comparing two unlike things using the word "like" or "as"
Using the same letter sound at the start of each word in a sentence
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A simile is...
Repeating the same letter sound
A comparison using like or as
A sound word
A phrase which has a different meaning from what is said
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"She sat in the library as quiet and timid as a mouse" is an example of...
repetition
alliteration
simile
metaphor
15
"The library after hours was as silent as the graveyard" is an example of...
alliteration
simile
repetition
metaphor
16
"Cows say
moo
and pigs say
oink
" is an example of...
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
alliteration
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"His arms were long and loose, like an octopus' tentacles" is an example of...
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
18
"This quiz was harder than every test I've ever had put together" is an example of...
hyperbole
alliteration
metaphor
simile
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"Spill the beans" is an example of
simile
hyperbole
personification
idiom
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It will happen "once in a blue moon". This is an example of...
personification
metaphor
idiom
alliteration
