Figurative Language Quiz

Personification can be defined as:

• Putting two contradictory words together

• A figure of speech with intentional or obvious exaggeration

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

• Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to non-living things

A simile can be defined as:

• A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using 'like' or 'as'

• A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words

• An overused idea or expression

• Putting two contradictory words together

Alliteration can be defined as:

• The repetition of the same letters (at least two) or the same sounds

• A humorous use of a word or a play on words

• A noun, which has meaning in itself, is used to represent something entirely different

• A figure of speech with intentional or obvious exaggeration

An oxymoron can be defined as:

• An overused idea or expression

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

• A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words

• Putting two contradictory words together

An idiom can be defined as:

• A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using 'like' or 'as'

• A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words

• Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to non-living things

• An overused idea or expression

Foreshadowing can be defined as:

• The use of words that imitate the sounds of words or actions

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

• The repetition of the same letters (at least two) or the same sounds

• An implied comparison made between two things that would otherwise not be compared. Saying something is equal to something else

A metaphor can be defined as:

• The use of words that imitate the sounds of words or actions

• A humorous use of a word or a play on words

• An implied comparison made between two things that would otherwise not be compared. Saying something is equal to something else

• A noun, which has meaning in itself, is used to represent something entirely different

An onomatopoeia can be defined as:

• A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words

• A noun, which has meaning in itself, is used to represent something entirely different

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

• The use of words that imitate the sounds of words or actions

A hyperbole can be defined as:

• A figure of speech with intentional or obvious exaggeration

• Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to non-living things

• A phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words

• A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using 'like' or 'as'

Symbolism can be defined as:

• A humorous use of a word or a play on words

• A noun, which has meaning in itself, is used to represent something entirely different

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later

• A figure of speech with intentional or obvious exaggeration