Figurative Language Pre and Post Test

Front

The parlor was dead; Mildred peered in blankly as Martin paced and read aloud multiple times.

Back

personification

Front

"Martin had only an instant to read a line, but it blazed in his mind for the next minute as if stamped there by fiery steel."

Back

simile

Front

"They fell like slaughtered birds, and the woman stood below, like a small girl, among the bodies."

Back

simile

Front

The bell in the ceiling kicked itself two hundred times.

Back

personification

Front

Music bombarded him at such immense volume that his bones were almost shaken from their tendons.

Back

hyperbole

Front

The bed springs squealed.

Back

personification

Front

"Beatty smiled, showing the pinkness of his gums and the whiteness of his teeth."

Back

metaphor

Front

Love is a flower that blooms.

Back

metaphor

Front

The car cost 3 billion dollars.

Back

hyperbole

Front

If I don’t get the iPhone 8.5, I will die.

Back

hyperbole