Figurative Language Terms: Quiz 1

Why do people use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.
• To be grammatically correct.
• To structure their writing into paragraphs.
• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. 

I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole cow! This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of dissimilar things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison of dissimilar things without using "like" or "as"

• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.

• An extreme exaggeration

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• When a group of of words all start with the same sound.

• When words sound like what they mean.

• An extreme exaggeration

• A comparison

As we walked through the gate at the zoo, Kacia said, "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" What type of figurative language is this?

• allusion

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

What is an idiom?

• a pharse that means something other than what it says

• comparing two things using like or as

• an extreme exageration

• giving human traits to objects or ideas

The roads are as slick as an ice skating rink. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• hyperbole

• allusion

• simile

• metphor

Jana warned her friend Mary against dating Luke because he thinks he is Romeo. What type of figurative language is this?

• personification

• alliteration

• allusion

• metaphor

Our team started the season with several losses. If they win the championship, it will be a real Cinderella story. What type of figurative language is this?

• idiom

• allusion

• simile

• personification