Pretest Figurative Language

Charming children chat in the corner.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• onomatopeia

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains.

• metaphor

• hyperebole

• simile

• idiom

We had to wait forever!

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

My life is a dream of wonders.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

It really burned me up when you yelled at me.

• idiom

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes.

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Which answer would be an example of an allusion

• Is raining cats and dogs.

• The trees gnarled fingers grabbed the hikers.

• If it rains anymore, we will need Noah's ark.

• My love is a rose.

Why do authors use figurative language?

• To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point.

• To be grammatically correct.

• To structure their writing into paragraphs.

• Because Beyonce uses it in her songs.

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using "like" or "as"
• A comparison without using "like" or "as"
• A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
• An extreme exaggeration