Figurative Language Quiz

Compares two different things using the words "like" or "as"

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

An extreme exaggeration.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

• metaphor

A word that represents a sound.

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• metaphor

Using very descriptive language.

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

Compares two different things without using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• hyperbole

The same letter sound is repeated throughout the sentence.

• alliteration

• imagery

• hyperbole

• idiom

Giving human characteristics to non-human objects.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

An expression where the words used, mean something different than you would find in the dictionary.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Jonathon was so exhausted he could have slept for a year.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

The girl was as bright as the sun.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom