Figurative Speech: Hyperbole, Personification, Metaphor, Simile

The classroom was a zoo," is an example of?

• idiom

• metaphore

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A word or a phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• idiom

Which figurative language makes a comparison between two unlike things?
"Mary is a couch potato at the moment."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

Which figurative compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which figurative language gives human characteristics to a non-human thing or animal?
"The chocolate ice cream is calling my name."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Which figure of speech is an extreme exaggeration used to make a point?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Which figure of speech combines apparently contradictory terms?
"That is a jumbo shrimp."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Which figure of speech imitates sounds associated with objects or actions?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Which figurative language makes a brief indirect reference to something of historical or cultural significance?
"Even though he is only 5 years old, he is quite the little Einstein."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Which figurative language is a saying that has its own meaning and cannot be understood easily?
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

• alliteration