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