Anne Frank Figurative Language Quiz

1.

1 point

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

When Mrs. Van Daan tried to flirt with Pim, he refused to play ball and simply ignored her.

Dussel’s bitter lecture went on and on until it was such a torrent that Anne couldn’t keep pace with it.

Anne’s father knew that taking correction from others could be like swallowing a bitter pill.

“… Feel my heart beating, as if it’s saying, ‘Can’t you satisfy my longings at last?’”

2.

1 point

Which of the following is the definition for Personification?

When two words share the same final sound

When one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines

Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

Writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

3.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“What makes it worse, the rats have been at work again.”

Idiom

Personification

Simile

Onomatopoeia

4.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“The Franks spread false stories regarding where they were to put the Germans on the wrong track.”

Hyperbole

Idiom

Metaphor

Personification

5.

1 point

Which of the following is the definition for Simile?

Exaggeration for effect

Comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Comparison of two or more things using “like” or “as”

A regular pattern of stresses, like a beat

6.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“Like herds of sick and neglected cattle, the Jews were sent to filthy slaughterhouses.”

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

7.

1 point

Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?

“I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.”

The extra meat could only be ordered under the counter since strict rationing was in force.

When Anne imagined herself wearing glasses, she exclaimed, “Phew, what an owl I shall look!”

“Every time I hear that sound, my heart stops.”

8.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“When Anne imagined herself wearing glasses, she exclaimed, “Phew, what an owl I shall look!”

Personification

Symbol

Idiom

Onomatopoeia

9.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“With regard to appetite, Peter was a Danaidean vessel that seemed impossible to fill.”

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Simile

10.

1 point

Which of the following is the definition for Onomatopoeia?

When a words pronunciation imitates its sound

When the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

Exaggeration for effect

A regular pattern of stresses, like a beat

11.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“You don’t know anything about all these things, and I would need to keep on writing the whole day if I were to tell you everything in detail.”

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Symbols

Hyperbole

12.

1 point

Which of the following is the definition for Hyperbole?

When one idea or sentence is stretched over two or more lines

When a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize

Comparison of two or more things using “like” or “as”

Exaggeration for effect

13.

1 point

Which of the following is the definition for Metaphor?

Comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

Comparison of two or more things using “like” or “as”

When a poet repeats a word or words to emphasize

When the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected

14.

1 point

Which of the following is the definition for Idiom?

Exaggeration for effect

Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

When two words share the same final sound

A word or phrase that is not taken literally

15.

1 point

What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence?

“The duck went quack, quack, quack.”

Idiom

Onomatopoeia

Metaphor

Personification