Simile, Metaphor & Analogy
Imagery, Repetition & Alliteration
Hyperbole, Idiom & Understatement
Allusion, Parody & Personification
Paradox, Illusion & Irony
100
This is what is being compared in the simile below: Kylie is as pretty as a rose.
What is Kylie and the rose?
100
A repeated word or phrase is the definition of this figurative language device.
What is repetition?
100
Identify the figurative language device in the following sentence: I will travel a million miles to get to you.
What is a hyperbole?
100
Giving an idea or object human characteristics is an example of this figurative language device.
What is personification?
100
The following definition is this type of irony : When a speaker says one thing but means another.
What is verbal irony?
200
This is what Victor is being compared to in the sentence below: Victor was fire after the epic performance on stage.
What is fire?
200
"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" is an example of this figurative language device.
What is alliteration?
200
Identify the figurative language device in the following sentence: Can I get one chip?
What is an understatement?
200
The television show "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) is an example of this figurative language device.
What is a parody?
200
This is the difference between two figurative language devices: A statement or group of statements that are contradictory and two contradictory terms.
What is a paradox and oxymoron?
300
The sentence below compares these two things: She is like a bird.
What is she and bird?
300
This is the definition of imagery.
What is vividly descriptive language?
300
This is the opposite of a hyperbole.
What is an understatement?
300
This sentence is an example of this figurative language device: The boy made a reference to the show "Criminal Minds" in his speech.
What is allusion?
300
This type of irony is represented in the example below: Tie'Sheaunia is a professional body builder. She has won 12 gold medals for her strength. She is now a mailwoman. While delivering a heavy box, she drops it.
What is situation irony?
400
This is a type of analogy that is used in the sentence below: The bug is to disgusting as clowns are to scary.
What is fact and opinion?
400
"Blood was everywhere. I could feel it in between the cold blade and my warm hand. I could smell the metallic red fluid dripping from my hands." This excerpt is an example of this figurative language device.
What is imagery?
400
This figurative language device is a short way of expressing a more complicated idea.
What is an idiom?
400
The following sentence is an example of these figurative language devices: Momma always said life was like a bunch of talking flies, you never know what they are going to say.
What is parody / personification?
400
This is an example of the following figurative language device. All animals are equal, but yet some are more equal than others.
What is a paradox?
500
One of these statements is a part to whole analogy below: Wheels are to car as Earth is to solar system. or Actor is to dramatic as nurse is to helpful.
What is wheels is to car as Earth is to solar system?
500
"Peter Piper, Peter Piper, Peter Piper, Peter Piper picked a peck" is an example of these figurative language devices.
What is alliteration and repetition?
500
This the meaning of the following idiom: Cat's got your tongue.
What is not having a reply?
500
The cake said that it likes frosting, is an example of this figurative language device.
What is personification?
500
The following demonstrates this figurative language device: In the CIA, there are pills you can take to make you appear dead.
What is illusion?
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