ESL 8 Figurative Language Test

Front

An extreme exaggeration is called a _____ (Una exageración extrema se llama _____).

Back

Hyperbole

Front

Giving human-like qualities to non-human things.

Back

Personification

Front

A _____ is an expression used by a group, with a meaning known through common usage.

Back

Idiom

Front

"The bus was not air-conditioned and the hot, heavy air was almost as suffocating as the handcuffs" (Holes pg. 6).

Back

Simile

Front

Myra's head is as empty as a flowerpot (Holes pg. 29).

Back

Simile

Front

"Welcome to Camp Green Lake" and "Bienvenido a Camp Green Lake" (Holes p. 4)

Back

Irony