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The document is a quiz focused on figurative language, including questions about similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idioms, and alliteration. It provides multiple-choice questions along with the correct answers for each. Additionally, there is a prompt for creating a short story using various types of figurative language.

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Figurative Language Multi - With Answer

The document is a quiz focused on figurative language, including questions about similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idioms, and alliteration. It provides multiple-choice questions along with the correct answers for each. Additionally, there is a prompt for creating a short story using various types of figurative language.

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Figurative Language Quiz

19/03/2025

1. What is a simile?

A. A comparison using "like" or "as"


B. A phrase that has a different meaning than its words suggest
C. A word that sounds like the thing it describes
D. A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

2. Which sentence contains a metaphor?

A. The stars twinkled like diamonds.


B. The classroom was a zoo.
C. She sings as beautifully as a bird.
D. The leaves danced in the wind.

3. Which of the following is an example of personification?

A. The wind whispered through the trees.


B. The dog barked loudly.
C. The boy ran as fast as a cheetah.
D. The apple was red and shiny.

4. What is onomatopoeia?

A. A comparison using "like" or "as"


B. A word that imitates a sound
C. An extreme exaggeration
D. A phrase with a hidden meaning

5. Which sentence contains an example of alliteration?

A. She is as fast as a cheetah.


B. The thunder roared in the night.
C. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
D. The sun smiled at me.

6. What is hyperbole?

A. A word that imitates a sound


B. An extreme exaggeration
C. A type of rhyme in poetry
D. A phrase with a hidden meaning

7. "The clouds are cotton balls in the sky" is an example of


what?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Hyperbole

8. "I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of:

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification

9. Which of the following is an idiom?

A. The sun shone brightly.


B. He let the cat out of the bag.
C. The car zoomed down the street.
D. The baby giggled happily.

10. Which of the following is an example of imagery?

A. The dog barked loudly.


B. The juicy, sweet mango dripped down my fingers as I took a bite.
C. The wind blew past the trees.
D. The girl ran fast.

11. "The wind howled through the night" is an example of:

A. Hyperbole
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification

12. What type of figurative language is used in "Boom!


Crash! The thunderstorm raged on"?

A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile

13. What is the purpose of figurative language?

A. To make writing more interesting and vivid


B. To make writing more confusing
C. To use big words
D. To write like a dictionary

14. "She was as light as a feather" is an example of:

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Alliteration

15. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

A. The moon was a bright lamp in the sky.


B. The baby was giggling happily.
C. The dog barked at the mailman.
D. The stars shone in the sky.

16. "The sun kissed my cheeks" is an example of:

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Onomatopoeia

17. What does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?

A. Drop some beans on the floor


B. Share a secret
C. Plant some beans
D. Buy food

18. What type of figurative language is "Lightning danced


across the sky"?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification

19. What is an example of alliteration?

A. The cow jumped over the moon.


B. She sells seashells by the seashore.
C. The trees waved their arms.
D. The baby laughed happily.

20. What type of figurative language is used in "Life is a


roller coaster"?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification
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Figurative Language Quiz - answers

1. What is a simile?

A. A comparison using "like" or "as"


B. A phrase that has a different meaning than its words suggest
C. A word that sounds like the thing it describes
D. A direct comparison without using "like" or "as"

✅ Answer: A

2. Which sentence contains a metaphor?

A. The stars twinkled like diamonds.


B. The classroom was a zoo.
C. She sings as beautifully as a bird.
D. The leaves danced in the wind.

✅ Answer: B

3. Which of the following is an example of personification?

A. The wind whispered through the trees.


B. The dog barked loudly.
C. The boy ran as fast as a cheetah.
D. The apple was red and shiny.

✅ Answer: A

4. What is onomatopoeia?

A. A comparison using "like" or "as"


B. A word that imitates a sound
C. An extreme exaggeration
D. A phrase with a hidden meaning

✅ Answer: B
5. Which sentence contains an example of alliteration?

A. She is as fast as a cheetah.


B. The thunder roared in the night.
C. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
D. The sun smiled at me.

✅ Answer: C

6. What is hyperbole?

A. A word that imitates a sound


B. An extreme exaggeration
C. A type of rhyme in poetry
D. A phrase with a hidden meaning

✅ Answer: B

7. "The clouds are cotton balls in the sky" is an example of


what?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Hyperbole

✅ Answer: B

8. "I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of:

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification

✅ Answer: C

9. Which of the following is an idiom?

A. The sun shone brightly.


B. He let the cat out of the bag.
C. The car zoomed down the street.
D. The baby giggled happily.

✅ Answer: B

10. Which of the following is an example of imagery?

A. The dog barked loudly.


B. The juicy, sweet mango dripped down my fingers as I took a bite.
C. The wind blew past the trees.
D. The girl ran fast.

✅ Answer: B

11. "The wind howled through the night" is an example of:

A. Hyperbole
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Personification

✅ Answer: D

12. What type of figurative language is used in "Boom!


Crash! The thunderstorm raged on"?

A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Simile

✅ Answer: C

13. What is the purpose of figurative language?

A. To make writing more interesting and vivid


B. To make writing more confusing
C. To use big words
D. To write like a dictionary

✅ Answer: A
14. "She was as light as a feather" is an example of:

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Alliteration

✅ Answer: B

15. Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

A. The moon was a bright lamp in the sky.


B. The baby was giggling happily.
C. The dog barked at the mailman.
D. The stars shone in the sky.

✅ Answer: A

16. "The sun kissed my cheeks" is an example of:

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Onomatopoeia

✅ Answer: C

17. What does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?

A. Drop some beans on the floor


B. Share a secret
C. Plant some beans
D. Buy food

✅ Answer: B

18. What type of figurative language is "Lightning danced


across the sky"?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification

✅ Answer: D

19. What is an example of alliteration?

A. The cow jumped over the moon.


B. She sells seashells by the seashore.
C. The trees waved their arms.
D. The baby laughed happily.

✅ Answer: B

20. What type of figurative language is used in "Life is a


roller coaster"?

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification

✅ Answer: B

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