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Identifying Types of Figurative Language QUIZ

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a simile?

a)

Comparing two unlike things using as, like, or than

b)

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

c)

Words that sound like their meaning

d)

A comparison between two things not using like or as

2.

Alliteration is...

a)

an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

b)

a comparison using like or as

c)

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

d)

Words that sound like their meaning

3.

An exaggerated statement is a...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopeia

c)

Simile

d)

Hyperbole

4.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A comparison that does not use like, as, or than

b)

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

c)

A comparison that does use like, as, or than

d)

words that sound like their meaning

5.

What is onomatopoeia?

a)

Words that sound like what they mean

b)

an exaggerated statement

c)

a comparison using like, as, or than

d)

an expression not meant to be taken literally (ex. On cloud 9, raining cats and dogs)

6.

Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

7.

Two words that have opposite or very different meanings

a)

Couplet

b)

Imagery

c)

Oxymorons

d)

Limerick

8.
Involves one or more of your five senses - the abilities to hear, taste, touch, smell, and see. An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses and to help create mental pictures.
a)
Imagery
b)
tone
c)
mood
d)
allusion
9.
An expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words. They are overused expressions.
a)
Idiom
b)
mood
c)
allusion
d)
tone
10.
An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or in a literary work, (literary, biblical, and mythological).
a)
hyperbole
b)
imagery
c)
allusion
d)
personification
11.

What is irony?

a)

the contrast between expectation and reality

b)

an old, funny saying

c)

the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words

d)

a comparison of two or more things using like or as

12.
What is an adage? 
a)
What is an adage???
b)
A saying that doesn't mean what it says
c)
An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom
d)
A proverbs best friend
13.

What is a proverb?

a)

An adages best friend

b)

A short sentence from ancient origin that gives advice

c)

An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom

d)

None of the above