Figurative Language Review

What type of figurative language is defined as a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

What type of figurative language is defined as a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as; stating one thing IS another thing?

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is defined as an extreme exaggeration?

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is defined as an extreme exaggeration?

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

What type of figurative language is defined as a saying which should not be taken literally?

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

• rhyme

What type of figurative language is defined as giving human qualities to something non-human?

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

What type of figurative language does the following sentence contain?

I told my teacher he was the worst teacher in the whole world.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• idiom

What might the following idiom mean?

Sarah asked her friend to stop beating around the bush and just tell her what happened.

• stop talking

• stop avoiding something

• going to sleep

• mowing the lawn

What type of figurative language is the following an example of?

The sun was a glowing gem in the sky.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is the following an example of?

The wind smacked her in the face when she opened the door.

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor