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Figurative Language Quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the emotion the READER gets when reading a text?
a)
Tone
b)
Irony
c)
Mood
d)
Imagery
2.
What is the term for something that represents something else?
a)
Reparation
b)
Symbol
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Imagery
3.
What is the term for how the AUTHOR feels about the topic they are writing about?
a)
Tone
b)
Imagery 
c)
Irony
d)
Mood
4.
My heart's a stereo/It beats for you, so listen close."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Idiom
d)
Consonance
5.
"Adam ate all the apples."
a)
Euphemism
b)
Personification
c)
Assonance
d)
Paradox
6.
"Cassy called Katie and carried on a conversation."
a)
Alliteration
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Allusion
d)
Paradox
7.
"The wind whispered through the tall grass."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Irony
d)
Assonance
8.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
a)
Idiom
b)
Consonance
c)
Personification
d)
Allusion
9.
"Two black Cadillacs driving in a slow parade/Headlights shining bright..."
a)
Imagery
b)
Mood
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Pun
10.
"You're my end and my beginning/Even when I lose I'm winning."
a)
Idiom
b)
Simile
c)
Pun
d)
Paradox
11.
"Love your curves and all your edges/All your perfect imperfections."
a)
Symbol
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Consonance
d)
Allusion
12.
"That guy is stronger than Hercules."
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Irony
d)
Allusion
13.
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."
a)
Alliteration
b)
Euphemism
c)
Juxtaposition
d)
Idiom
14.
What is the term for unlike ideas placed side by side to highlight their differences?
a)
Allusion
b)
Juxtaposition
c)
Euphemism
d)
Paradox
15.
"The door slammed shut with a loud BANG."
a)
Idiom
b)
Consonance
c)
Alliteration
d)
Onomatopoeia
16.
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag/Drifting through the wind/Wanting to start again?"
a)
Irony
b)
Metaphor
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Simile
17.
"I'm glad I learned sign language; it's really handy."
a)
Oxymoron 
b)
Pun
c)
Metaphor
d)
Irony