Figurative Language

A tool that an author uses to help readers visualize what is happening in the story is...

• Metaphor

• Images

• Figurative Language

• Words

A hyperbole is...

• An exaggeration

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• An overactive bowl

• the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• You were as brave as a lion.

• June, July, and August are summer months.

• The teacher ran across the room like a gazelle.

• At precisely 6:30 a.m., my alarm clock sprang to life.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is...

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Nonsense

Which of the following is NOT an example of a simile?

• They fought like cats and dogs.

• This house is as clean as a whistle.

• Your explanation is as clear as mud.

• The snow is a white blanket.

An expression that is not meant to be taken literally is...

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Understatement

Which of the following is an example of irony?

(Remember irony means "when the opposite of what you expect occurs.)

• A post on Facebook complaining how useless Facebook is

• You and your friend meet at the park and you are wearing the same neon green shirt.

• A man named "Art" is an artist.

• Being stuck in a traffic jam when you are already late.

What type of figurative language could classify: "pop," "bang," and "clash?"

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Which of the following is NOT a metaphor?

• The falling snowflakes are dancers.

• The classroom was a zoo.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• She cried like a baby.

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction is...

• Onomatopoeia

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron