Figurative Language Test

An expression that means something different than its literal meaning.

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• idiom

• simile

The repetition of initial (beginning) sounds.

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

An exaggeration that can't be true.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• personification

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

• simile

• idion

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Giving humanlike qualities to non human objects.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

A comparison that says one thing is another.

• Onomatopoeia

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

When a word's pronunciation imitates its sound (sound words).

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

The snake slowly, silently, slithered towards its prey.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

The car crash made a sound as loud as thunder.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

They were statues waiting quietly and standing still in the hallway.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom