Figurative Language Quiz

________ language describes something as different from its factual and true meaning.

• Figurative

• Literal

______ makes a comparison of two things by saying one IS the other.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

"The magician waved his wand and poof, a rabbit appeared." is an example of an _____.

• alliteration

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

___________describes something as its factual and true meaning.

• Figurative Language

• Literal

"He’s LIKE an encyclopedia." is an example of a __________

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

The beat and pace of a poem and is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

• stanza

• imagery

• rhythm

"He’s a walking encyclopedia." is an example of a

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

• personification

"The moon played hide and seek with the clouds." is an example of

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

_______ is a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

_______ is when human characteristics are given to something that is not human.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor