SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

1. SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? Diagnostic Quiz

2. What language device is this? Silly Sally and Sam saw seven slithering snakes sunbathing on the sand in San Francisco. • Hyperbole •  Metaphor •  Personification •  Alliteration

3. What figurative language device is this sentence using? I waited in line for a million hours until it was finally my turn. • Simile • Onomatopoeia • Personification • Hyperbole

4. What figurative language is this? The tree branches danced at the wind's touch. • Simile • Metaphor • Hyperbole • Personification

5. What figurative language device does this sentence use? She was a bird, leaping from the swing to soar through the air, alighting on the woodchips below. • Metaphor • Oxymoron • Simile • Assonance

6. What language device is the first word of this sentence using? "Yeow!" she yelled as the brick fell onto her foot. • Hyperbole • Onomatopoeia • Assonance • Oxymoron

7. Jenny ordered some jumbo shrimp. What language device is "jumbo shrimp"? • Cliché • Simile • Oxymoron • Assonance

8. What figurative language is this sentence using? The drums were as powerful as a thunderstorm rolling in. • Metaphor • Simile • Idiom • Personification

9. The insane lady waved her cane at the maid. Reread the sentence. What figurative language is this sentence using? • Alliteration • Assonance • Paradox • Personification

10. What form of language use is this? No pain, no gain. • Hyperbole • Oxymoron • Cliché • Metaphor

11. SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? Diagnostic Quiz ANSWERS

12. What language device is this? Silly Sally and Sam saw seven slithering snakes sunbathing on the sand in San Francisco. • Hyperbole •  Metaphor •  Personification •  Alliteration

13. What figurative language device is this sentence using? I waited in line for a million hours until it was finally my turn. • Simile • Onomatopoeia • Personification • Hyperbole 2

14. What figurative language is this? The tree branches danced at the wind's touch. • Simile • Metaphor • Hyperbole • Personification

15. What figurative language device does this sentence use? She was a bird, leaping from the swing to soar through the air, alighting on the woodchips below. • Metaphor • Oxymoron • Simile • Assonance

16. What language device is the first word of this sentence using? "Yeow!" she yelled as the brick fell onto her foot. • Hyperbole • Onomatopoeia • Assonance • Oxymoron

17. Jenny ordered some jumbo shrimp. What language device is "jumbo shrimp"? • Cliché • Simile • Oxymoron • Assonance

18. What figurative language is this sentence using? The drums were as powerful as a thunderstorm rolling in. • Metaphor • Simile • Idiom • Personification

19. The insane lady waved her cane at the maid. Reread the sentence. What figurative language is this sentence using? • Alliteration • Assonance • Paradox • Personification

20. What form of language use is this? No pain, no gain. • Hyperbole • Oxymoron • Cliché • Metaphor

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