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16 Questions

1. Which is an example of a simile?

His room looked as if a His room was a hurricane of a


A B
hurricane came through. mess.

A hurricane! AHHH! The hurricane screamed


C D
through the town.

2. What is a metaphor?

A comparison using "like" or A figure of speech in which the


A B
"as" word imitates it's meaning.

A comparison without using An extreme exaggeration


C D
"like" or "as"

3. Which of the following in an example of onomatopoeia?

A No! B Boom!

C Go! D Yes!

4. What is the definition of hyperbole?

When a group of of words all A comparison


A B
start with the same sound.

When words sound like what An extreme exaggeration


C D
they mean.

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5. Which of the following is an example of personification?

He is an encyclopedia of The trees danced in the wind.


A B
knowledge.

You are as a beautiful as a I waited in line for 10 years!


C D
flower.

6. "As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

A simile B onomatopoeia

C metaphor D alliteration

7. What is this is an example of: The clock on the wall laughed at me as I


tried to finish my test before class ended.

A personification B metaphor

C simile D hyperbole

8. What's the meaning of this simile?


"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on
time."

A She gets really angry. B She spits when she talks.

C Her hair is red. D She talks really loudly.

9. What is personification?

A A word that is a sound B An exaggeration

Giving human characteristics to The same beginning sound


C D
non-human things repeated

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10. Why do people use figurative language?

To be grammatically correct. To structure their writing into


A B
paragraphs.

To make their writing interesting Because Beyonce uses it in her


C and visual, or to emphasis an D songs.
idea and make a point.

11. What is personification?

a dramatic exaggeration giving human traits to objects or


A B
ideas

comparing two things using like a word that resembles the


C D
or as sound it represents

12. What is alliteration?

a phrase that means something giving human traits to objects or


A B
else than what it says ideas

a contradictory phrase repeating the same initial sound


C D
in several words

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13. What is an onomatopoeia?

a dramatic exaggeration comparing two things using


A B
"like" or "as"

comparing two things by saying a word that resembles the


C D
one is the other sound it makes

14. What is a simile?

a word that resembles the comparing two things by using


A B
sound it represents like or as

comparing two things by saying a phrase that means something


C D
one is the other else than what it says

15. What is a metaphor?

comparing two things using like repeating the same inital sound
A B
or as in neighboring words

a phrase that means something comparing two things by saying


C D
else than what it says one is the other

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16. What is a hyperbole?

comparing two things using like words or phrases that are


A B
or as contradictory

an extreme exaggeration giving human traits to objects or


C D
ideas

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