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Figurative Language
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Test your knowledge of figurative language devices then apply them to your own work!
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figurative language
literary devices
descriptive writing
grade 11
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Tina Phung
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Question 1
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"The sun was as yellow as fire." What is this an example of?
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Answer
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Question 2
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Tick as many similes as you can find!
Answer
Her skin was as cold as ice
His dad had a look like thunder
The trees danced in the breeze
Their home was a prison
The room was like a sauna
Question 3
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The following is a simile: "She was wooden with fright"
Answer
True
False
Question 4
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"I've been walking forever!" This is an example of....
Answer
Hyperbole
Repetition
Simile
Question 5
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What is Personification?
Answer
Describing something as being something else
Exaggerating for effect
Giving an inanimate thing human characteristics
Question 6
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Which of these is an example of personification?
Answer
When George smiled his eyes twinkled like diamonds
The stars sighed
Tom was wooden with fright
Question 7
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"CRASH! BANG!" This is an example of....
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Answer
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Question 8
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Which of these is an example of a metaphor?
Answer
The dog's fur was as white as snow
Life is like a box of chocolates...
His heart was cold iron
Question 9
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"The world is a stage." This is a metaphor
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Answer
True
False
Question 10
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. This is an example of...
Answer
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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