6th/7th Summer School Test Review

Figurative language that uses repetition of the initial sound

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Figurative language that compares two things using like or as

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

Figurative language that shows a word that stands for a sound

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• alliteration

Figurative language that gives an object human characteristics

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• idiom

Figurative language that is a comparison that does not use like or as

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

Figurative language that is a large exaggeration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

 What type of figurative language is found in this example.

Cameron was the Leonardo da Vinci of slackers.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

 What type of figurative language is found in this example.

Confusion filled me up like helium in a balloon.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

 What type of figurative language is found in this example.

The raindrops danced quickly across my face.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

 What type of figurative language is found in this example.

Never in a million years.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole