Figurative Language Practice

"Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language?

• Metaphor
• Assonance
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile

"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole
• Assonance
• Idiom
• Simile

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Allusion

A group of words used in a phrase or expression which means something different than what the words actually say is what kind of figurative language?

• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

"She’s really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Imagery
• Idiom
• Metaphor
• Simile

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?

• Personification
• Imagery
• Assonance
• Alliteration

"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Personification

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Idiom