Figurative Language Review

"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Assonance

• Idiom

• Simile

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

A group of words used in a phrase or expression which means something different than what the words actually say is what kind of figurative language?

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

"She’s really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Imagery

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Imagery

• Assonance

• Alliteration

"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Personification

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words is which type of figurative language?

• Assonance

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration