Figurative Language Review

Which term compares two things using like or as?

Example: Mr. G is as cold as ice.

• simile
• comparison
• metaphor
• pun

• The ants soldiered on to steal our dessert.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Which term states that one thing is another?

Example: Mrs. T has a heart of gold.

• oxymoron

• hyperbole
• metaphor

• simile

Which term gives something non-human human characteristics?

Example: The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture.

• Humanification
• Imagery

• Pun

• Personification

• The concert was so loud the drums echoed in space.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which of the following terms means an extreme exaggeration?

Example: I was dying of laughter.

• simile

• alliteration

• exaggeration
• hyperbole

What is the term that has repeating a sound at the beginning of words?

Ex: Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet.

• Rhyme
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration

Which term is a based on playful word choice?

Example: The butcher didn’t take the risk as the steaks were too high.

• metaphor

• personification

• pun

• hyberbole

• The loud silence of night keeps him awake.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Which term is two words next to each other that have opposite meaning?

Ex: Old News

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Contronyms
• Metaphor