Figurative language quiz

test wednesday

A phrase with a figurative meaning that is different than it’s literal meaning.

Idiom

An exaggeration so dramatic that it’s obviously not true.

Hyperbole

A comparison of two things that are not alike, using the words “like” or “as”.

Simile

When a set of words uses the same sound or letters repeatedly.

Alliteration

The use of descriptive words that appeal to the five senses.

Imagery

Sound words.

Onomatopoeia

A comparison of two things that are not alike, using the words “is” or “are”.

Metaphor

Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.

Personification

It is raining cats and dogs outside.

Idiom

The old door creaked open.

Onomatopoeia

Mom is a real bear when she’s mad.

Metaphor

The trees danced around in the breeze.

Personification

My backpack weighs a ton!

Hyperbole

Priya played piano perfectly.

Alliteration

The fresh, juicy orange is tangy and sweet.

Imagery

My dad is as strong as an ox.

Simile

Sally sells seashells down by the seashore

alliteration

The child of mine was lying on her side.

assonance

“And all is seared with trade; bleared smeared with toil”

consonance

My backpack weighs a million tons!

hyperbole

Cold feet

idiom

Grandfather clucked at us in his broken English.  There were bread crumbs stuck to his blue- gray whiskers, and his hands felt rough, like un-sanded wood.

imagery

a heart of gold

metaphor

Jumbo shrimp, deafening silence, true fiction

oxymoron

The wind moaned softly through the trees.

personification

He is as cunning as a fox.

simile

ding, pow, boom, whack, snap

Onomatopoeia