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Figurative Language Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Oxymoron

a)

Jumbo Shrimp

b)

Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Pickled Peppers

c)

POW!

d)

He's as smart as Einstein!

2.

How is hyperbole pronounced?

a)

Hyper Bowl

b)

Hi per bo lee

c)

Hi per ball ee

3.

What is a hyperbole

a)

Very detailed comparison

b)

Giving a non-human, human traits

c)

Using a reference to something/someone famous.

d)

Extreme exaggeration.

4.

T or F : "The ant is so huge!" Is an Idiom

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Idiom

a)

A person who's..not smart

b)

The phrase is not the literal meaning

c)

A comparison using like or as

d)

Mild expression for something unpleasant

6.

T or F : "BOOM! CRACKLE! SNAP!" are all onomatopoeias

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which is not figurative language

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Idiom

c)

Alliteration

d)

Analogy

e)

None of the above

8.

Do you like Figurative Language? (The question might say it's wrong don't worry)

a)

Yes

b)

YES

c)

YES!!!!!!!!!

d)

no, I do not

9.

What's an analogy?

a)

A comparison using like or as

b)

A reference to something/someone famous to describe something

c)

A comparison saying something is something else

d)

A very detailed comparison

10.

Which sentence contains a simile?

a)

Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.

b)

Boyd had been awake for 500 hours.

c)

Our mayor is no Abe Lincoln.

d)

Farewell, my fair-haired friend.

11.
A comparison of two things when the writer says that something is actually something else.
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
idioms
12.
A figure of speech whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of its words (Zip your lip).
a)
alliteration
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
idiom
13.
Jane was jumping to jet across the country.
a)
alliteration
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
hyperbole
d)
simile
14.
The test was a piece of cake
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
personification
d)
hyperbole
15.
We waited in line for centuries.
a)
hyperbole
b)
idiom
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
16.

Thank you for doing my quiz do think you will pass? (The question might say its wrong)

a)

Yes!!!!!!!!

b)

Yes.

c)

Maybe...I don't know.

d)

NO!!!!!!