Figurative Language 101
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Please select the correct answer for each question.
Questions and Answers
- 1._________________________ is a name given to literary devices that are not meant to be interpreted literally; they are meant to be interpreted imaginatively.
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Onomatopoeia
- C.
Figurative Language
- D.
Text Structure
- E.
Idiom
- 2.Her feet are as cold as ice!This is an example of which type of figurative language?
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Similie
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Personification
- E.
Onomatopoeia
- 3.Figurative language is used to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind in order to make reading more emotionally intense.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare to dissimilar things is called
- A.
Onomatopoeia
- B.
Similie
- C.
Personification
- D.
Alliteration
- E.
Metaphor
- 5.Sally sells seashells by the seashore.This is an example of
- A.
Personification
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Similie
- D.
Alliteration
- E.
Idiom
- 6.My sister's room is a pig pen.This is an example of
- A.
Personification
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Simile
- D.
Alliteration
- E.
Idiom
- 7.Sounds words such as BANG, BAM and BOING are examples of
- A.
Similie
- B.
Idiom
- C.
Onomatopoeia
- D.
Metaphor
- E.
Sounds
- 8.When Spongebob talks, the writers are using a type of figurative language called
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Comedy
- C.
Similie
- D.
Personification
- E.
Text Structure
- 9.A metaphor uses the words like or as to make a comparison of two different objects.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The wind is blowing the leaves.This is an example of
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Onomatopoeia
- D.
Similie
- E.
Personification
- 11.The type of figurative language that has a special meaning that is different from the actual meaning of the words is called
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Similie
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- E.
Expression
- 12.Figurative language is used to state ideas in new and unusual ways in order to satisfy the reader's imagination.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.My refrigerator is running well since we had it fixed.This is an example of
- A.
Personification
- B.
Similie
- C.
Idiom
- D.
Metaphor
- E.
Prank phone call
- 14.When a figure of speech gives human qualities to a nonhuman subject ______________ is being used.
- A.
Personification
- B.
Alliteration
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Cartoonism
- E.
Onomatopoeia
- 15.I love mashing melting marshmellows.This is an example of
- A.
Personification
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Similie
- D.
Onomatopoeia
- E.
Alliteration
- 16.Mr. test maker man expects me to know the ins and outs of figurative language before I can go to 6th grade.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.
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