Figurative Language Review Quiz

What's a comparison using "like" or "as"?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

What's a comparison without using "like" or "as"?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What's it called when you give an inanimate object human attributes or traits?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

What is it called when the author uses exaggeration?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed.

Which figurative language is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip—hiss—the rain never stops Which figurative language is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears Which figurative language is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, Which figurative language is being used? How do you know?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies, Which figurative language is being used? How do you know?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might: Which figurative language is being used?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole