Figurative Language - Practice Test

Words that resemble the sound they describe

• idiom

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving non-human things human-like characteristics

• personification

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

A direct comparison of two things (without using "like" or "as")

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

An exaggeration for dramatic effect

• alliteration

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

An expression (phrase) whose literal meaning is completely different from what is said

• alliteration

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

“That’s the last straw!” she growled.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Her voice was water bubbling from a jar.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

The foxes frolicked in the open field.

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A