Figurative Language Quiz

the formation of mental images or figures; when an author “paints” a vivid picture using words; descriptive

• imagery

• metaphor

• allusion

• repetition

Two things are compared without using “like” or “as.”

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

a saying that isn’t meant to be taken literally

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom

when two words are put together that contradict each other - “Opposites”

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• pun

• rhyme

a comparison of two things using “like” or “as”

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

exaggerating to show strong feeling or effect

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

• understatement

giving human traits to objects or ideas

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

the repetition of the beginning sounds in two or more words

• repetition

• rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• alliteration

a form of “word play” in which words have a double meaning

• pun

• oxymoron

• idiom

• alliteration

a word that “makes” a sound

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• alliteration