Figurative Language Identification Quiz

Page 10 - "Don't know, kid. . ." The pilot's words were a hiss, barely audible. What type of figurative language is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Page 12 - The jolts that took the pilot back had come, and now Brian sat and there was a strange feeling of silence in the thrumming roar of the engine. What type of figurative language is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Page 12 - He was alone. In the roaring plane with no pilot he was alone. Alone. What type of figurative language is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Page 16 - Transmitter 221, was stamped in the metal and it hit him, finally, that this was the radio. The radio. Of course. He had to use the radio. What type of figurative language is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Page 24 - Easy to say, he thought, hard to do. Easy say, hard do. Easy say, hard do. It became a chant that beat with the engine. What type of figurative language is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Page 26 - GOING TO DIE, Brian thought. Going to die, gonna die, gonna die - his whole brain screamed it in a sudden silence. What literary device is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Page 34 - He closed his eyes and slept, dreamless, deep and down. What literary device is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Page 40 - Destroyed. The word came. I would have been destroyed and torn and smashed. Driven into the rocks and destroyed. What literary device is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Page 41 - Traffic, people talking, sounds all the time - the hum and whine of the city. What literary device is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Page 44 - Besides, he had probably swallowed a ton of it while he was swimming out of the plane and getting to shore. What literary device is used here?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A