Figurative Language Test

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of a word.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Idiom

Comparing two, unlike things without using like or as.

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics.

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Pun

A phrase that doesn't literally mean what it is saying.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

When a word describes a sound and actually mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to when it is spoken.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Jenah jumped for joy while eating jelly beans with Julie in July.

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

• Alliteration

Eli's feet smelled like ruined milk after practicing baseball.

• Idiom

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Personification

"Hold your horses and wait for Easton!" I told Eli.

• Idiom

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Personification

"Boom, bang, pow"! The fireworks exploded in the night sky.

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Pun