Figurative Language Quiz

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

What is giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate objects called?

• Symbolism

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Idioms

What is the repetition of the initial consonant called?

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

• Imagery

Which figurative language involves the imitation of natural sounds in word form?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idioms

• Simile

What occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else?

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

What are intentionally exaggerated figures of speech called?

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Idioms

• Simile

Which figurative language involves one or more of your five senses?

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Personification

What is an expression that means something other than the literal meanings of its individual words?

• Hyperbole

• Idioms

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is a tool that an author uses to help the reader visualize or see what is happening in a story or poem?

• Figurative Language

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Symbolism