Language Features Quiz

What type of imagery is used in the following example? "The grass is long in the paddock and I feel it brush against my legs, even through the thick, cotton material of my pants."

• tactile imagery

• gustatory imagery

• visual imagery

• aural imagery

• olfactory imagery

What type of imagery is used in the following example? "The math class was depressing with the usual smell of chalk, ink, sweaty sneakers and socks and bodies leaking teenage hormones."

• gustatory imagery

• aural imagery

• visual imagery

• olfactory imagery

• tactile imagery

What type of imagery is used in the following example? "The dolphins glided through the water so effortlessly. They turned and curved, slicing through the skin of the wave."

• gustatory imagery

• visual imagery

• aural imagery

• olfactory imagery

• tactile imagery

What two types of imagery are used in the following example? "The warm, buttery aroma of freshly baked bread wafted through the air, teasing my taste buds with the promise of flaky, delicate layers that melt in your mouth."

• gustatory imagery

• aural imagery

• tactile imagery

• olfactory imagery

• visual imagery

What three types of imagery are used in the following example? "The bright orange sun was setting slowly as the crickets chirped and the campfire smoke filled our nostrils."

• visual imagery

• gustatory imagery

• olfactory imagery

• tactile imagery

• aural imagery

What figurative language feature is used in the following example? "My teacher only gives us homework once in a blue moon."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• metonym

What two figurative language features are used in the following example? "The classroom was a zoo, with students roaring and chattering like monkeys."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• metonym

What two figurative language features are used in the following example? "The cobwebs were a net, trapping all who dared to enter the dark woods. They snatched and clawed at his limbs as he tried to break free."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• metonym

Identify the following language feature: That movie was seriously funny!

• hyperbole

• paradox

• allusion

• oxymoron

• euphemism

Identify the following language feature: The more you know, the more you realize you don't know.

• allusion

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• paradox

• euphemism