Figurative Language Terms Practice

What is the repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words called?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Which figure of speech involves an exaggerated statement?

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

What is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

• Simile

• Assonance

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

Which term describes a word that imitates or resembles the sound it describes?

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

What is a phrase or expression whose meaning does not match the literal definitions of the individual words?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What is the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words to create internal rhyming or rhythm?

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

Which figure of speech directly compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Which form of figurative language occurs when non-human objects are given human characteristics or qualities?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Assonance

Which term describes a combination of two contradictory or opposite words placed together to create a unique meaning?

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Idiom

• Metaphor

What is an example of alliteration?

• "The clock ticked and the leaves rustled."

• "I have a million things to do today."

• "She sells seashells by the seashore."

• "Her smile was as bright as the sun."