Figurative Language Quiz

Analyze the following sentence and identify the type of figurative language used: "The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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Which of the following examples demonstrates personification?

• "The wind whispered through the trees."

• "She is as fast as a cheetah."

• "He could eat a horse."

• "The car complained as the key turned in its ignition."

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Identify the simile in this sentence: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• Her smile

• as bright as

• the sun

• was

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What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "Time is a thief that steals your moments."

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

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Choose the sentence that contains an example of hyperbole.

• "I've told you a million times to clean your room!"

• "The car was old and tired."

• "He's as strong as an ox."

• "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky."

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Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

• "She sells seashells by the seashore."

• "The light of the fire is a sight."

• "Boom! Went the thunder."

• "He’s a snake slithering in the grass."

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Identify the onomatopoeia in the following sentence: "The bees buzzed as they flew from flower to flower."

• flew

• flower

• buzzed

• bees

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Which of the following is an idiom?

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• She has a heart of gold.

• The sun laughed down at us.

• The cookies were calling my name.

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In the sentence "The silky, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain," what literary device is primarily used?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

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Which sentence best exemplifies the use of repetition for emphasis?

• "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! We must have freedom!"

• "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."

• "The river ran rapidly over the rocks."

• "The stars twinkled like tiny bells."

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