Figurative Language Quiz

A figure of speech that implies a comparison between two relatively unlikely things.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Life is a rollercoaster

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or abstract idea.

• Personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

"The chocolate cake was calling my name."

• assonance

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A comparison between two unlike things usually with the words 'like' or 'as'

• pun

• allusion

• metaphor

• simile

"She dances like a chicken on hot coals."

• synecdoche

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

An exaggerated statement used to emphasize an idea or make a point

• hyperbole

• paradox

• assonance

• similie

"I've told you a million times."

• assonance

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• paradox

The use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer

• paradox

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

"The guitar twanged as he thumped on it."

• analogy

• allusion

• assonance

• onomatopoeia