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Figurative Language (SHAMPOO) Quiz

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  • What does the S in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language is, "The wind whispered through the trees."
    Personification
  • What type of figurative language is, "The comedian was seriously funny."
    Oxymoron
  • Which SHAMPOO technique is used in, "Lazy lions lounge lazily"?
    Alliteration
  • What type of figurative language is, "I have told you a million times."
    Hyperbole
  • Create an example of onomatopoeia for something breaking.
    Crash!
  • Which SHAMPOO technique would you use to compare your friend to a lion using the word "like"?
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language is, "She ran as fast as a cheetah."
    Simile
  • What does the H in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Hyperbole
  • What does the M in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Metaphor
  • What type of figurative language is, "Buzz! A bee flew past my ear."
    Onomatopoeia
  • What type of figurative language gives human qualities to something non-human?
    Personification
  • Create a metaphor describing a busy classroom.
    The classroom is a beehive.
  • Which SHAMPOO technique is used in the phrase "cold fire"?
    Oxymoron
  • What does the P in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Personification
  • Create an example of alliteration using the letter B.
    Big brown bears bounced by.
  • What type of figurative language is, "It was an open secret."
    Oxymoron
  • What type of figurative language is, "The baby was like a tiny tornado."
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language is, "The silence was deafening."
    Oxymoron
  • What type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"?
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language is, "Wild winds whipped the windows."
    Alliteration
  • What type of figurative language is, "His mind is a computer."
    Metaphor
  • Create a hyperbole describing being very hungry.
    I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
  • Create a simile describing someone who is very fast.
    He is as fast as lightning.
  • What type of figurative language is, "The classroom was a zoo."
    Metaphor
  • What type of figurative language is, "The moon smiled down at us."
    Personification
  • What type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration for effect?
    Hyperbole
  • What does the A in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Alliteration
  • What type of figurative language is, "The bacon sizzled in the pan."
    Onomatopoeia
  • What are the seven types of figurative language represented by SHAMPOO?
    Simile, Hyperbole, Alliteration, Metaphor, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Oxymoron
  • What type of figurative language is, "I could sleep for a thousand years."
    Hyperbole
  • Which SHAMPOO technique would you use to exaggerate something greatly?
    Hyperbole
  • What does the second O in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Oxymoron
  • Create a personification describing the sun.
    The sun smiled down on the town.
  • Create an oxymoron using two opposite ideas.
    Deafening silence
  • What type of figurative language is, "My backpack weighs a ton."
    Hyperbole
  • What type of figurative language combines two words or ideas that seem to be opposites of each other?
    Oxymoron
  • Which SHAMPOO technique would you use for words such as "boom," "crash," and "splash"?
    Onomatopoeia
  • Which SHAMPOO technique would you use to describe someone by saying, "He is a lion"?
    Metaphor
  • What type of figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as"?
    Metaphor
  • What type of figurative language is, "Peter picked perfect purple plums."
    Alliteration
  • What type of figurative language uses words that imitate sounds?
    Onomatopoeia
  • What type of figurative language repeats the same beginning sound in nearby words?
    Alliteration
  • What does the first O in SHAMPOO stand for?
    Onomatopoeia
  • Which SHAMPOO technique would you use to make an object act like a human?
    Personification
  • What type of figurative language is, "Seven slippery snakes slid silently."
    Alliteration
  • What type of figurative language is, "The alarm clock screamed at me."
    Personification
  • What type of figurative language is, "Her smile was as bright as the sun."
    Simile
  • What type of figurative language is, "The test was a piece of cake."
    Metaphor
  • What type of figurative language is, "Bang! The door slammed shut."
    Onomatopoeia
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