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