Figurative Language Quiz

Alliteration...

• compares two unlike things using like, as, than, resembles, etc.

• the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together

• an obvious exaggeration to emphasize a point or add humor

• a way of illustrating a thing or idea by comparing it with a more familiar idea

Allusion...

• a reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the reader’s mind

• giving human traits (feelings, actions, or characteristics) to an object, idea, or animal

• a comparison that is developed through several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem

• a way of illustrating a thing or idea by comparing it with a more familiar idea

Analogy...

• a way of illustrating a thing or idea by comparing it with a more familiar idea

• a comparison that is developed through several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem

• compares two unlike things using like, as,than, resembles, etc.

• compares two unlike things by saying or implying one thing is another thing

Extended metaphor...

• A comparison that is developed through several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem

• A reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the reader’s mind

• Compares two unlike things by saying or implying one thing is another thing

• A person, place, thing, or event that has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself

Hyperbole...

• A phrase or expression that means something different from the words’ dictionary meanings

• An obvious exaggeration to emphasize a point or add humo

• A comparison that is developed through several lines of writing or throughout an entire poem

• Giving human traits (feelings, actions, or characteristics) to an object, idea, or animal

Idiom...

• A phrase or expression that means something different from the words’ dictionary meanings

• Using words that imitate the sounds they refer to

• Compares two unlike things using like, as,than, resembles, etc.

• Language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures in the reader's mind

Imagery...

• Language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures in the reader's mind

• Using words that imitate the sounds they refer to

• Compares two unlike things using like, as,than, resembles, etc.

• A way of illustrating a thing or idea by comparing it with a more familiar idea

Metaphor...

• a way of illustrating a thing or idea by comparing it with a more familiar idea

• a phrase or expression that means something different from the words’ dictionary meanings

• an obvious exaggeration to emphasize a point or add humor

• compares two unlike things by saying or implying one thing is another thing

Onomatopoeia..

• compares two unlike things by saying or implying one thing is another thing

• using words that imitate the sounds they refer to

• a phrase or expression that means something different from the words’ dictionary meanings

• a reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the reader’s mind

Personification...

• a reference to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the reader’s mind

• a way of illustrating a thing or idea by comparing it with a more familiar idea

• giving human traits (feelings, actions, or characteristics) to an object, idea, or animal

• a phrase or expression that means something different from the words’ dictionary meanings