Type of figurative language? Quiz by kgrieves

Example
Boom Bang Pow
A huge horrible hippo
The tornado ran through the town
Not the brightest crayon in the box
Her skin is as soft as a baby's butt
A lightbulb represents knowledge
Their team is on fire
She died of thirst in the ocean
The bee buzzed around the porch
The rose showed his love her her
Couch potato
Uses the words like or as
Choking to deat on a life saver

Example
An extreme exaggeration
The car is a rocketship
The carpet is as green as grass
The tree howled with laughter
A word that sounds the way it is said
Rug rat
Repetition of sounds in a word
Tears ran down his face
The firefighter set off the fire alarm
Let's give Dave a hand
Boom went the dynamite
Miles melted marshmallows in the mud

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Figurative Language Quiz

by kgrieves

Created Feb 23, 2010 in Language
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	rockgolf:	Feb 24th, 2010 at 19:58 GMT		6 points
	Typo in "The rose showed his love her her." "Choke to deat on a life saver"? Also since it's a brand name it should be "Lifesaver". "An extreme exaggeration" is a definition, but not an example. Same with "Uses the words like or as", and "Repetition of sounds in a word" - which should be repetition of sounds in consecutive words, anyhow. "The tree howled with laughter"??? Huh? Winds howl. Trees? Other than in Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers, not so much. Two of your "personification" examples use "run". Go for more variety. Finally, widen the Example field to 60% of the width, since the clues are wider than the answers. You can do that on the Style page.

	Scottique:	Feb 26th, 2010 at 18:14 GMT		1 point
	You should accept "anthropomorphism" in place of/in addition to "personification." Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism Additionally, your use of "run" in the personification questions is questionable, as many non-human things "run" (cars, toilets, computers, et cetera) in a correct-usage-of-the-word, non-literary sense. Go with clues more similar to the "the tree howled with laughter" one instead. :-)

	ajwiebe78:	Apr 2nd, 2011 at 01:45 GMT		1 point
	How is it that nobody has commented on the use of irony? Choking to death on a Lifesaver isn't ironic, since a Lifesaver (assuming candy is the referent) isn't actually meant to prolong or save life. Comical word play, perhaps, but not ironic. Similarly, dying of thirst (dehydration) would be the most likely cause of death if one were stranded in the ocean, as drinking salty water would quickly cause one to rid themselves of their body's supply of water. This leans much more toward literal than ironic. Good idea for a quiz, though.