Figurative Language Quiz

What is a simile.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable without using like or as.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing using like or as of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

What is an example of a simile.

• That child is a bear when he is sleepy.

• My Grandma is older than the hills.

• Rays of sunshine danced through the trees.

• An emerald is as green as grass.

What is a metaphor.

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid using like or as.

• A figure of speech in which a word or phrase without using like or as is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

What is an example of a metaphor.

• The snow is a white blanket.

• Your explanation is as clear as mud.

• My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.

• BOOM

What is an onomatopoeia.

• A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid using like or as.

• A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

What is an example of an onomatopoeia.

• Break a leg.

• He is a shining star.

• BAM

• Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name.

What is a personification.

• The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

• Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

What is an example of a personification

• Better late than never.

• Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.

• ZAP

• The wind howled in the night.

What is an alliteration.

• A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

• The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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

What is an example of an alliteration

• I've told you to clean your room a million times!

• The marker I used was as black as coal!

• It's raining cats and dogs.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.