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Identify The Type Of Figurative Language Expressed In Each Sentence. Source: Helpteaching.com_Figurative Language. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Comparing objects or ideas by staying that one is the other is called
a) personification
b) rhyme
c) simile
d) metaphor

Hit the deck is an example of what type of literary device?
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) idiom
d) personification

Bang, went the pistol! What is this an example of?
a) onomatopoeia
b) alliteration
c) personification
d) hyperbole

I had a ton of homework. What is this an example of?
a) hyperbole
b) onomatopoeia
c) alliteration
d) simile

What type of figurative language is being used in the following passage. Sometimes she braided it to teach it a lesson, but her hair always won and would unbraid itself by the end of the day and curl into puffs of defiance.
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) personification
d) alliteration

The following brand names are examples of what literary term? Coca-Cola, Borders Books, Dunkin' Donuts
a) simile
b) alliteration
c) metaphor
d) onomatopoeia

The noise is music to my ears is what type of figurative language?
a) simile
b) personification
c) metaphor
d) hyperbole

The road was a ribbon of moonlight is an example of which of these literary techniques?
a) onomatopoeia
b) simile
c) personification
d) metaphor

Hiss is an example of what type of figurative language?
a) hyperbole
b) onomatopoeia
c) metaphor
d) simile

Bob is as brave as a lion is an example of what literary device?
a) personification
b) simile
c) pun
d) alliteration

If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die is an example of what type of literary device?
a) hyperbole
b) metaphor
c) irony
d) personification

But his legs continued to shake and rattle like window panes in a tornado. What is the effect of the imagery the author uses in this description?
a) It shows there is a storm coming.
b) It shows that he is out of shape.
c) It shows how terrified he felt.
d) It shows that he is well-prepared.

The wall stared at me silently is an example of a
a) simile.
b) personification.
c) metaphor.
d) pun.

Using language that evokes one or all of the five senses is called
a) hyperbole.
b) alliteration.
c) personification.
d) imagery.

The son of the police chief being arrested for burglary is an example of
a) verbal irony.
b) dramatic irony.
c) situational irony.
d) none of these.

Which of the following symbols represent evil and corruption?
a) the eagle
b) the serpent
c) gold
d) the number 3

Which is not an example of an alliteration?
a) Sammy switched swiftly stopping sleepers.
b) Bob talked to Bill after he traveled to New York.
c) Peter packed pickles partly because he was hungry.
d) Candles cover cars before the light turned green.

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in close succession is called
a) alliteration
b) onomatopoeia
c) hyperbole
d) metaphor

Giving an inanimate object human qualites is called
a) metaphor
b) Repetition
c) hyperbole
d) personification

Extreme exaggeration is called
a) personification
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) hyperbole

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