Figurative Language Quiz

What is your section?

• 5H
• 5E
• 5R

A funny exaggeration is called a/an:

• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

___________ is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• Personification
• Simile
• Idiom

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called:

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Personification

A comparison using like or as is a/an:

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

A/an ________________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Idiom

Words that resemble the sound they describe is:

• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

A comparison of two nouns that don’t use like or as is a/an

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile

The fly buzzed past us.

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile