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Figurative Language Quiz
Match the word to its definition:
1. Alliteration _____
A. Comparing two different things using like or as
2. Onomatopeia ____
B. Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
3. Simile ``____
C. A word that sounds like a real sound
4. Hyperbole _____
D. Repetition of consonant sounds in the same sentence
5. Metaphor _____
E. Uses words that appeal to the five senses to create a mental image of
something
6. Personification ____
F. a word or phrase used to describe something as if it was something
else.
7. Rhyme ____
G. An extreme exaggeration
8. Imagery _____
H. repetition of similar sounding words, occurring at the end of lines in
poems or songs.
Circle the Correct Answer:
9. "And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain," is an example of which figurative
language device?
A. Alliteration
B. Simile
C. Suspense
D. Onomatopoeia
10. "They stretched in never-ending line" is an example of which figurative language device?
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Imagery
D. Rhyme
11. "Does it stink like rotten meat?...like a syrup sweet?" (Hughes). The words meat and sweet are which
sound device?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Rhyme
C. Alliteration
D. Mystery
12. In Sonnet 130, William Shakespeare draws on sight, sound and smell when he compares his mistress'
eyes to the sun, her lips to red coral, her chest to white snow, her hair to black wires, her cheeks to red
and white roses, her breath to perfume and her voice to music. Which literary element is being used?
A. Repetition
B. Alliteration
C. Imagery
D. Onomatopoeia
13. Starting the passage with ACHOO! is an example of...
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Imagery
D. Metaphor
D. Personification
14. “He is a shining star,” is an example of which literary device?
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Alliteration D. Metaphor
D. Personification
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15. “Your skin is softer than silk,” is an example of…
A.
Onomatopoeia B. Alliteration D. Metaphor
D. Personification
16. A poem with a rhyme scheme of “AABBA” is a
A. Short Poem
B. Haiku
C. Limerick
D. Fake Poem
17. A Japanese-style poem that uses the number of syllables “575” in three lines is a
A. Hafu
B. Haimu
C. Hoiku
D. Haiku
Listening Portion
Write down which of these literary devices you hear examples of:
Alliteration
Simile
Personification
Rhyme
Metaphor
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The snow is a white blanket. - Metaphor
Her smile was a meter wide. - Hyperbole
Imagery
Hyperbole
Onomatopia