Figurative Language Review

Figurative Language Review

Multiple Choice

What is NOT TRUE of figurative language?

• It says more than what is on the surface

• It is literal language

• It helps the reader visualize what the writer is thinking

• It describes something by comparing it to something else

Types of Figurative Language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

Types of Figurative Language

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Allusion

Multiple Choice

A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor
• Assonance
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile

Multiple Choice

"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Multiple Choice

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Allusion

Multiple Choice

"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Personification

Multiple Choice

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is which type of figurative language?

• Assonance
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Define Onomatopoeia

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Repeating a word or words for effect

• When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human

Multiple Choice

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

• Personification

Multiple Choice

A reference to a well-known work of literature, art, music, etc. is what type of figurative language?

• Personification
• Idiom
• Allusion
• Assonance

Multiple Choice

"The golden yellow sunlight filtered down through the pale new leaves on the oak trees, coming to rest on Jessica's brown toes that were splayed in the red Georgia mud" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor