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Figurative Language
Test Description: Figurative Language Terms
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1) SYMBOLISM can be best defined as:
A
a saying specific to a certain group
B
painting a picture with words
C
the repetition of vowel sounds within a sentence
D
words that stand for something else
2) The words drip, swish, whine and belch, are all examples of which literary element?
A
Personification
B
Hyperbole
C
Simile
D
Onomatopoeia
3) “When a nonhuman object is given a human characteristic.” What literary device does this phrase best define?
A
Simile
B
Hyperbole
C
Personification
D
Simile
4) An expression used in everyday language that has a different meaning from the literal meanings of the individual words that make up the expression.” This definition best describes
A
Idiom
B
Personification
C
Hyperbole
D
Alliteration
5) “Terry has millions of friends,” is an example of
A
hyperbole
B
personification
C
simile
D
metaphor
6) Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
A
Tight eyes like a tiger.
B
Great green gobs of grimy garbage
C
All of the above.
D
Her eyes were as wide as the sea.
7) HYPERBOLE is
A
the use of words that repeat the same beginning sound
B
all of the above
C
an extreme exaggeration or overstatement
D
an extreme representation of the authors ideas
8) “Those girls sang like song birds,” is an example of
A
simile
B
personification
C
metaphor
D
alliteration
9) “The kids running upstairs sounded like a herd of elephants” is an example of
A
alliteration
B
personification
C
metaphor
D
simile
10) “A comparison of two or more unlike things NOT using like or as.” This definition best defines
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Personification
D
Alliteration
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