So You Know Your Figurative and Poetic Language?

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What language device is this? Silly Sally and Sam saw seven slithering snakes sunbathing in the sand in San Francisco. Alliteration Personification Hyperbole Metaphor

2. What figurative language device is this sentence using? I waited in line for a million hours until it was finally my turn. Hyperbole Personification Simile Onomatopoeia

3. What figurative language is this? The tree branches danced at the wind's blow. Metaphor Simile Personification Hyperbole

4. What figurative language device is this sentence using? She was a bird, jumping off the swing, and then sailing through the air until she softly landed on the woodchips below. Metaphor Oxymoron Simile Assonance

5. What language device is the first word of this sentence using? "Yeow!" she yelled as the brick fell onto her foot. Hyperbole Onomatopoeia Assonance Oxymoron

6. Jenny ordered some jumbo shrimp. What language device is "jumbo shrimp"? Simile Cliche Assonance Oxymoron

7. The drums were like a thunderstorm. What figurative language is this sentence using? Personification Metaphor Simile Idiom

8. An angry lady waved her cane at a maid. Reread this sentence. What poetic device is it using? Personification Alliteration Assonance Paradox

9. "Make the bed!" she told her daughter. What language device is "make the bed"? Oxymoron Idiom Onomatopoeia Simile

10. What form of language device is this? No pain, no gain. Oxymoron Cliche Metaphor Hyperbole