Figurative Language Trivia

1. Figurative Language Trivia Choose the answer that best applies!

2. Round 1 What type of figurative language am I?

3. Phrase with a meaning apart from the meaning of the individual words

4. Words or images that represent something else

5. Words that imitate sounds

6. Giving human qualities to an non-living object

7. An extreme exaggeration

8. A comparison using “like” and “as”

9. The repetition of vowel sounds

10. Comparison of two unlike objects/ideas without using the words “like” or “as”

11. A figure of speech that combines two opposing or contradictory ideas.

12. The repetition of consonant sounds

13. A play on words

14. A rare exception to the rule, it makes a comparison using words like “resembled” “such as” and/or “than.”

15. Round 2 Pick the type of figurative language that best fits the example

16. “The man in the living room was tall as the sky.”

17. “His voice rose on tides of promise and fell on waves of warnings.”

18. fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks

19. The clouds are as fluffy as cotton candy.

20. The candlelight danced across the shadows playing on the wall.

21. The snake hissed when he heard the leaves rustle and the birds chirp.

22. You are the glue holding us together as a team!

23. Sir Lancelot once had a very bad dream about his horse. It was a knight mare

24. His touch is like caressing fire.

25. We listened to the crunching of ice beneath our feet.

26. You are getting on my nerves

27. The cool, smooth silk robe felt nice against his skin.

28. Round 3 What type of figurative language am I?

29. Happiness is a ray of sunshine.

30. The wind whipped wildly through the willows.

31. After the battle, a dove flew across the war torn land.

32. The world is a stage.

33. His lawyer was so smart she beat the dictionary in a spelling contest.

34. “Mother was a [carefree] chick nuzzling around the large dark hens. The sounds they made had a rich inner harmony.”

35. “The cold wind had frozen my feet and my spine, and Mr. Taylor’s impersonation had chilled my blood.”

36. Our social studies teacher says that her globe means the world to her.

37. “For nearly a year, I [sulked] around the house, the store, the school, the church, like an old dirty biscuit, dirty and uneatable.”

38. He was so mad, his blood boiled.

39. Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on.

40. “Silent and soft and slow/Descends the snow”

41. Round 4 What type of figurative language am I?

42. “Back he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the wind.”

43. “A creeping, colored caterpillar”

44. “And green and blue his sharp eyes twinkled,/Like a candle flame where salt is sprinkled”

45. The fly buzzed across the room.

46. The hostages had hope when they saw an eagle fly over them.

47. The bows glided down, and the coast/Blackened with birds took a last look

48. Two peanuts were walking through the park. One of them was assaulted.

49. “One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish.” -Dr. Seuss

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