Figurative Language Quiz

A funny exaggeration is called a (an) ​ (a)   .The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called (b)   .​ (c)   is when vivid language is used to appeal to the reader's senses. ​ (d)   is a funny insult meant to offend. ​ (e)   is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• alliteration
• Imagery
• Sarcasm
• Personification
• hyperbole
• irony
• onomotopoeia
• oxymoron

When you compare two things using like or as, it is a ​ (a)   .The opposite of what you expect is called (b)   . ​ (c)   is the pairing of two words that oppose each other. ​ (d)   is a sound word. A ​ (e)   is comparing two or more things without using like or as.

• irony
• Oxymoron
• Onomatopoeia
• personification
• metaphor
• similie

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

Zombies eat brains. You're safe.

​ ​ (a)  

• alliteration
• idiom
• personification
• sarcasm

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence (Choose all that apply):

Luke's backpack is an organized mess.

​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• metaphor
• imagery
• oxymoron
• sarcasm

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

The cold stabbed me like a knife.

​ (a)   ​

• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• oxymoron

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

Charming children chat in the corner.

​ (a)  

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• oxymoron

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

The pilot feared heights, so he hired a therapist.

​ (a)  

• irony
• idiom
• repetition
• hyperbole

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

We had to wait forever!

• irony

• idiom

• repetition

• hyperbole

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

Tom is as slow as a turtle.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:

The monstrous German Shepherd lurched to its feet after hearing the screeching sound of the car tires.

​ (a)  

• imagery
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• oxymoron