TEST Figurative Language

The mother held the blanket like a memory.

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• idiom

What is a simile?

• an extreme exaggeration
• a comparison without using like or as
• a comparison using like or as
• giving human qualities to non-human things

 Which sentence is a metaphor?

• Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle.
•  All 6 of the family members were packed into the car like sardines.
•  Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin!
• The car was a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. 

What are the words in blue an example of?
Addi Jo was a busy beaver as she prepared for the holiday party.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Repetition
• None of the above

Which type of figurative language is this?
We waited forever for the ballgame to start. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

 Which type of figurative language is this?
Fear raced through the village. 

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

Which of these is alliteration?

• All the animals left.
• Kendall keeps her keys in the kitchen.

• The dog left his house.
• The friendly dog found a cat.

Which type of figurative language is this?
Bransyn and Holdyn put aside their differences and decided to bury the hatchet.

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile

• Oxymoron

What is a metaphor?

• a comparison using like or as
• a comparison without using like or as
• several words in a phrase that start with the same letter
• a common phrase that does not mean what it says

What is a hyperbole?

• a comparison using like or as
• a phrase that does not mean exactly what it says
• an extreme exaggeration
• one or more words in a phrase that begin with the same letter or sound