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Figurative Language Review

Test Description: Review of simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, hyperbole, and personification

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) An outrageous exaggeration is also known as:

AHyperbole BOnomatopoeia CMetaphor DSimile

2) Which of the following is an example of simile?

AThe moonlight lit up the entire sky. BThe moon laughed as we looked up at the sky. CThe moon was a lamp in the darkness of the sky. DThe moon shined down on us like a beacon in the dark night.

3) What is it called when a writer gives human characteristics to an animal or object?

AIdiom BSimile CPersonification DHyperbole

4) What is a good definition of figurative language?

ASomething an author does when he or she wants to confuse you. BThe use of a word or phrase to mean something other than its literal meaning. CLanguage that does not make sense unless you think really hard about it. DA series of words or phrases that have matching definitions.

5) The sentence Sally sells seashells by the seashore is an example of:

AIdiom BAlliteration CMetaphor DPersonification

6) What is the definition of idiom?

AComparison of two different things using like or as. BA sentence in which none of the words make any sense. CRepeating consonant sounds in a sentence or passage. DA phrase that has an understood meaning which is different from its literal meaning.

7) Which of the following is an example of hyperbole:

AThe teacher kept talking for a really long time. BIt took an eternity for class to end. CThe clock hands seemed to move more slowly each second. DAll of the students in class yawned like sleepy cats.

8) A comparison using like or as is:

AA contrast BAlliteration CA simile DA metaphor

9) When an author uses a word that resembles the sound it describes, this is called:

APersonification BSound effects COnomatopoeia DIdiom

10) The phrase 'let them off the hook' is an example of:

AOnomatopoeia BMetaphor CHumor DIdiom

*select an answer for all questions

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