AZELLA Figurative Language 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
- Beautiful
- Quickly
- Sizzle (Correct answer)
- Happiness
Correct answer: Sizzle
Onomatopoeia refers to words that phonetically imitate the sound they describe; 'sizzle' sounds like the noise made when something fries.
Question 2: What does the idiom 'under the weather' mean?
- Standing outside in a storm
- Feeling ill or unwell (Correct answer)
- Being very cold
- Worrying about rain
Correct answer: Feeling ill or unwell
'Under the weather' is a common idiom meaning to feel sick or not well.
Question 3: Which sentence is an example of a metaphor?
- The puppy is as playful as a child.
- The library hummed with activity.
- Her voice is music to my ears. (Correct answer)
- He jumped like a frog.
Correct answer: Her voice is music to my ears.
'Her voice is music to my ears' is a metaphor because it directly states her voice IS music, without using 'like' or 'as.'
Question 4: What effect does hyperbole create in writing?
- It gives objects human characteristics
- It adds humor or emphasis through extreme exaggeration (Correct answer)
- It creates a sound effect in the text
- It compares two things using 'like' or 'as'
Correct answer: It adds humor or emphasis through extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole creates emphasis, drama, or humor by using extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
Question 5: Identify the type of figurative language in: 'The old oak tree reached its long arms toward the sky.'
- Simile
- Alliteration
- Onomatopoeia
- Personification (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Personification
Personification is used here because a tree does not have arms; giving it human body parts is giving it human characteristics.
Question 6: Which sentence contains alliteration?
- The dog ran across the yard.
- Sally sells seashells by the seashore. (Correct answer)
- It was as cold as ice.
- My backpack weighs a ton!
Correct answer: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound; 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore' repeats the 's' sound.
Question 7: What does the idiom 'cost an arm and a leg' mean?
- To suffer a serious injury
- To be very expensive (Correct answer)
- To be physically heavy
- To require hard physical labor
Correct answer: To be very expensive
'Cost an arm and a leg' is an idiom meaning something is very expensive or costs a great deal of money.
AZELLA Figurative Language 2
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?