Figurative Language Quiz

What is a hyperbole?

• A comparison using like or as

• Giving human qualities to animals

• Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken as true

• Repetition of sounds

What does an idiom mean?

• Words that mean something different than their literal meaning

• A comparison without using like or as

• Descriptive words appealing to senses

• Repetition of sounds

What is alliteration?

• A comparison using like or as

• Repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words

• Giving human qualities to objects

• Exaggerated statements

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison between two things without using like or as

• Descriptive words appealing to senses

• Repetition of sounds

What is personification?

• Giving animals or objects qualities only a person can have

• A comparison using like or as

• Exaggerated statements

• Repetition of sounds

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison without using like or as

• Descriptive words appealing to senses

• Repetition of sounds

What is imagery?

• Words that are descriptive to appeal to our five senses

• A comparison using like or as

• Exaggerated statements

• Repetition of sounds

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The stars danced in the sky

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore

• Life is a journey

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

• The wind whispered through the trees

• Break a leg

• The sun smiled down on us

• As brave as a lion

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The stars danced in the sky

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

• Life is a journey

• As busy as a bee