Figurative Language Quiz

Define allusion. 

• a figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object from history in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds
• a figure of speech that is not meant to be taken literally 
• a comparison made using like or as that also utilizes personification 
• when the author appeals to the 5 senses of the reader to help the reader feel like we are experiencing what is happening in the reading.

the use of words that sound like what they mean

• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Allusion is defined as______

• Two lines working as a unit
• A reference to a famous  person, place, or event
• A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
• Words that involve one of the five senses

Comparison between two unlike things that include the words like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make, such as hiss, crackle, bam, and meow.

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

A comparison between two unlike things that does not include the word like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A description of an object, an animal, or idea as if it were human or had human qualities.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to create a special effect.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses self contradictory terms back to back.

• True
• False

Which of the following is not an oxymoron?

• bittersweet

• civil war

• sweet smell

• pretty ugly