Figurative Language Test

The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound

• alliteration
• assonance

• onomatopoeia
• personification

Extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• personification

A direct comparison between two unlike things without using like or as

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• personification

Giving an animal or object human qualities

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• idiom

An expression that does not mean what it says

• idiom
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words

• assonance
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• idiom

I was so hungry I could eat the plate.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

The rain seemed like an old friend.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• idiom

The cup went smash as it fell off the table.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• personification