SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? Diagnostic Quiz
What language device is this? Silly Sally and Sam saw seven slithering snakes sunbathing on the sand in San Francisco. 1 a) Hyperbole b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Alliteration
What figurative language device is this sentence using? I waited in line for a million hours until it was finally my turn. 2 a) Simile b) Onomatopoeia c) Personification d) Hyperbole
What figurative language is this? The tree branches danced at the wind's touch. 3 a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Hyperbole d) Personification
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. 4 a) Metaphor b) Oxymoron c) Simile d) Assonance
What language device is the first word of this sentence using? "Yeow!" she yelled as the brick fell onto her foot. 5 a) Hyperbole b) Onomatopoeia c) Assonance d) Oxymoron
Jenny ordered some jumbo shrimp. What language device is "jumbo shrimp"? 6 a) Cliché b) Simile c) Oxymoron d) Assonance
What figurative language is this sentence using? The drums were as powerful as a thunderstorm rolling in. 7 a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Idiom d) Personification
The insane lady waved her cane at the maid. Reread the sentence. What figurative language is this sentence using? 8 a) Alliteration b) Assonance c) Paradox d) Personification
“Make your bed now!” she insisted. What language device is “make your bed”? 9 a) Oxymoron b) Idiom c) Onomatopoeia d) Simile
What form of language use is this? No pain, no gain. 1 a) Hyperbole b) Oxymoron c) Cliché d) Metaphor
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE? Diagnostic Quiz ANSWERS
What language device is this? Silly Sally and Sam saw seven slithering snakes sunbathing on the sand in San Francisco. 1 a) Hyperbole b) Metaphor c) Personification d) Alliteration
What figurative language device is this sentence using? I waited in line for a million hours until it was finally my turn. 2 a) Simile b) Onomatopoeia c) Personification d) Hyperbole
What figurative language is this? The tree branches danced at the wind's touch. 3 a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Hyperbole d) Personification
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. 4 a) Metaphor b) Oxymoron c) Simile d) Assonance
What language device is the first word of this sentence using? "Yeow!" she yelled as the brick fell onto her foot. 5 a) Hyperbole b) Onomatopoeia c) Assonance d) Oxymoron
Jenny ordered some jumbo shrimp. What language device is "jumbo shrimp"? 6 a) Cliché b) Simile c) Oxymoron d) Assonance
What figurative language is this sentence using? The drums were as powerful as a thunderstorm rolling in. 7 a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Idiom d) Personification
The insane lady waved her cane at the maid. Reread the sentence. What figurative language is this sentence using? 8 a) Alliteration b) Assonance c) Paradox d) Personification
“Make your bed now!” she insisted. What language device is “make your bed”? 9 a) Oxymoron b) Idiom c) Onomatopoeia d) Simile
What form of language use is this? No pain, no gain. 1 a) Hyperbole b) Oxymoron c) Cliché d) Metaphor
ANSWERS 1. d 6. c 2. d 7. b 3. d 8. b 4. a 9. b 5. b 10. c
WHAT NEXT? First, practice your figurative language skills by completing the “refresher” chart, either alone or with a partner. Then begin planning an 8 -panel comic strip that uses your own original example for each of these figurative language devices.