Figurative Language Quiz

Comparing two unlike things using words such as like, as,  or than

• Simile
• personification
• Metaphor
• onomatopeia

An object or nonhuman thing is given human feelings,  thoughts, or attitudes

• Personification
• simile
• pun
• onomatopeia

Comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using words such  as "like" or "as"

• Metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• oxymoron

Words that imitate sounds - sound effect words

• Onomatopoeia
• oxymoron
• allusion
• imagery

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary  work, or work of art

• Allusion
• alliteration
• imagery
• idiom

 Descriptive language that creates a picture or image in  your mind

• Imagery
• allusion
• alliteration
• foreshadowing

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole
• irony
• cliché
• idiom

Repeating the same consonant sound in words that are  close together within a line or section

• Alliteration
• allusion
• hyperbole
• repetition

An expression that says one thing but means something  else. It can't be taken word for word.

• Idiom
• foreshadowing
• pun
• imagery

a hint of something that will happen later in a story

• Foreshadowing
• metaphor
• simile
• iron