10th Grade World Literature Figurative Language and Theme Quiz

What is figurative language ?

• Language that is used imaginatively rather than literally to express ideas/feelings

• A language that is full of figures.

• Is the Exposition of the story

• Is Ethos

What is a metaphor?

• A word that makes the sound it represents

• A comparison of two unrelated things

• An exaggerated statement

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."

What is being personified?

• The walls

• The scream

• The room

• The orange

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

• Personification

• A simile

• A hyperbole

"My teeth chattered as the temperature dropped." What senses being used in this sentence?

• hear

• hear and touch

• see and smell

• taste

Which is an example of personification?

• A rose by any other name is just as sweet

• The white clouds swiftly across the sky

• That is the ugliest car that I ever saw.

Phrase:
pink and purple popsicles

• alliteration
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is shown?
The flower hugged the earth after being blown over by the storm.

• personification
• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile

I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! 

• hyperbole
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor