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Figurative Language

Description: Figurative Language Quiz
Number of Questions: 15
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot
Tags: figurative language poetry literature

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Which of the following is an example of a simile?

The moon is a silver coin.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The sun is a ball of fire.
The stars twinkled like diamonds.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The sun is a ball of fire.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The stars twinkled like diamonds.

Which of the following is an example of personification?

The wind whispered through the trees.
The sun is a ball of fire.
The stars twinkled like diamonds.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

Which of the following is an example of understatement?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
That was a bit of a disappointment.

Which of the following is an example of irony?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
A fire station burning down.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Which of the following is an example of assonance?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The cat sat on the mat.

Which of the following is an example of consonance?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The cat sat on the mat.

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The cat sat on the mat.

Which of the following is an example of oxymoron?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
A deafening silence.

Which of the following is an example of paradox?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The more you give, the more you get.

Which of the following is an example of euphemism?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
He passed away.

Which of the following is an example of metonymy?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
The White House announced a new policy.

Which of the following is an example of synecdoche?

The sun is a ball of fire.
The road was a ribbon of asphalt.
The wind whispered through the trees.
All hands on deck!

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