Language Test Prep

a comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• simile

• idiom

• allusion

• metaphor

a comparison of two unlike things that says one thing is another

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

an exaggeration that can't possibly be true

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

giving human qualities to inanimate objects

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• hyperbole

the repetition of the same initial consonant sound

• onomatopeia

• allusion

• alliteration

• idiom

words that are the sound they make

• alliteration

• onomatopeia

• metaphor

• allusion

an expression that doesn't literally mean what the words say

• pun

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

an expression used so often it loses its meaning

• cliche

• pun

• onomatopeia

• imagery

a sarcastic expression that means the opposite of what is said

• cliche

• imagery

• paradox

• irony

a phrase whose words contradict each other woth opposite meanings

• pun

• oxymoron

• paradox

• cliche