Figurative Language Test Prep

What is a reason authors use figurative language?

• to create an image in their mind

• to frustrate readers

• to make writing simple

• to see more books

What is one reason authors use figurative language?

• to annoy readers

• to create an idea

• to create mood

• to make reading harder

What type of figurative language: "I find a paradise where birds can talk."

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• simile

What type of figurative language: "The cloud shouldered a path up the mountains."

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

What type of figurative language is drake using in the lyrics in the photo?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• allusion

Figurative language (4)

What type of figurative language: "Jeff was a beast on the football field."

• simile

• imagery

• alliteration

• metaphor

What type of figurative language: "He was as mean as a sasquatch."

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

What type of figurative language: "The kitchen sink coughed out black mud."

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language uses sense so that the reader can make an image in their mind?

• alliteration

• imagery

• simile

• onomatopoeia