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Figurative Language Vocab
Test Description: Identify the correct meaning of each of the figurative language terms or match the term to an example. Score a 90% before moving on to a game.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Comparison between two things that does not use the word like or as.
A
simile
B
idiom
C
personification
D
metaphor
2) Comparison between two things and uses the word like or as.
A
simile
B
personification
C
idiom
D
metaphor
3) An expression when taken litereally means something different than it does figuratively.
A
simile
B
metaphor
C
idiom
D
personification
4) This gives nonhuman or inanimate things people characteristics and feelings.
A
simile
B
metaphor
C
personification
D
idiom
5) When words resemble the real sound
A
hyperbole
B
oxymoron
C
alliteration
D
onomatopoeia
6) two opposite ideas or meanings are joined together to create an effect
A
alliteration
B
oxymoron
C
hyperbole
D
onomatopoeia
7) repeated sound at the beginning of words
A
oxymoron
B
hyperbole
C
alliteration
D
onomatopoeia
8) exaggeration used for effect
A
onomatopoeia
B
alliteration
C
oxymoron
D
hyperbole
9) Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
A
The sun was sizzling silently in the sky.
B
The sun was so close I could touch it.
C
The sun was a bright round orange.
D
The sun was like a bright round orange
10) Which of the following is an example of a simile?
A
The car was traveling three feet an hour.
B
The car was a cautious hunter stalking its prey.
C
The car was as cautious as a hunter stalking its prey.
D
The car was cautiously cruising down the curved road.
11) Which of the following is an example of a personification?
A
The building was like a mountain among the trees.
B
The building was staring at me as I walked by.
C
The building was a mountain among the trees.
D
The building was ten miles high.
12) Which of the following is an example of a hyperbole?
A
The runner was racing 100 miles an hour.
B
The runner was racing like a wild animal.
C
The runner was racing rapidly.
D
The runner was a wild animal.
13) Which of the following is an example of a oxymoron?
A
The ice pack worth its weight in gold.
B
The pack was as cold as ice.
C
The icy hot pack was just what I needed.
D
The pack was an ice berg.
14) Which of the following is an example of a onomatopoeia?
A
The mysterious man meandered through the mountain roads.
B
The man was a suction hose at the water fountain.
C
The man was so thirsty he drank five gallons of water.
D
The man slurped the drink.
15) Which of the following is an example of an idiom
A
Jason was a chain saw snoring on the couch.
B
Jason is a couch potato.
C
Jason was like a chain saw snoring on the couch.
D
Jason ate potato chips on the couch.
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