Identify the type of figurative language used in the following sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."
Figurative Language Identification/Poetic Sound Devices

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English
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9th Grade
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Hard
Nicole Trego
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of sound device is used in the phrase: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "Her smile is as bright as the sun."
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "Time is a thief"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the sound device in the following line: "The buzzing bee flew away."
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: "I've told you a million times"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the sound device in the following line: "The clanging pots and pans woke the baby."
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
9.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: "He is a shining star"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
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