Figurative Language Quiz

A statement that is exaggerated is called a _______________

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

A __________________ compares two things using the words "like" or "as"

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

A ____________________ compares two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

A phrase that means something different than what the words say is an _______________________.

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

_______________________ is when the beginning sound of a word is repeated two or more times in a phrase or a sentence.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

A word that sounds like it’s meaning is called ________________________.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

When you give human qualities (actions, feelings, thoughts) to nonhuman objects, you are using _________________________.

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

That pizza is bigger than Texas! Is an example of a ________________.

• simile

• hyperbole

His eyes were as blue as the sky. Is an example of ____________________

• alliteration

• a simile

Lucy’s room is a pigsty. Is an example of _______________________.

• a metaphor

• onomatopoeia