Figurative Language Review

What is the correct definition of a simile?

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

• A phrase that contrasts two objects.

• A comparison using the words "like" or "as."

• A comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as."

What is the correct definition of a metaphor?

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

• A phrase that contrast s two objects.

• A comparison using the words "like" or "as."

• A comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as."

What is the correct definition of personification?

• Making reference to a character from another text in order to show a comparison.

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

• A phrase that contrasts two objects.

• All of the above.

What is the correct definition of hyperbole?

• A word that imitates a sound.l

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objectsl

• A comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as."

• An extreme exaggeration.

What is the correct definition of onomatopoeia?

• A word that imitates a sound.

• Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.

• A comparison using the words "like": or "as."

• None of the above.

What is the correct definition of an idiom?

• An expression that means exactly what the words state.

• A word that imitates a sound.

• An extreme exaggeration.

• An expression that means something different that what the words state.

What is the correct definition of alliteration?

• A word that imitates a sound.

• An extreme exaggeration.

• The repetition of beginning sounds.

• Giving human characteristics of inanimate objects.

What is the correct definition of allusion?

• Making reference to a character or event from another piece of literature.

• A word that imitates a sound.

• An extreme exaggeration.

• The representation of something by an object.

"When pigs fly" is an example of which figurative language?

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• irony

• allusion

"Boom!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• idiom

• alliteration

• irony

• onomatopoeia