Figurative Language Test

________ language is language that is used to convey meaning beyond the literal definition of a word.

• literal

• literary

• figurative

• figure

The city was a jungle is an example of what?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

As straight as an arrow is an example of what?

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Which one is NOT an example of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• horizons

It's raining like cats and dogs.

• Figurative language

• Literal tanguage

"I have a mountain of homework to complete."

• Literal

• Figurative

Mrs Kunz likes reading fictions books.

• The sentence above is an example of simile.

• The sentence above is an example of metaphor.

• The sentence above is an example of personification.

• The sentence above is an example of hyperbole.

• This sentence above is NOT an example of any kind of figurative language.

Figurative language (4)

Which two phrases use figurative language?

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