DESCRIPTIVE & FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE PRETEST Question Preview (ID: 9001)


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Her hair was like golden straw.
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) hyperbole
d) personification

The table groaned under the weight of the very fat woman.
a) metaphor
b) hyperbole
c) personification
d) onomatopoeia

The drip, drip, drip of the faucet kept me up all night.
a) onomatopoeia
b) simile
c) personification
d) metaphor

Mary was a machine cranking out the answers to her math homework.
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) personification
d) onomatopoeia

I've told you a million times to go to bed!
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) hyperbole
d) personification

The wheels of the car screamed in pain as the woman applied the brakes.
a) onomatopoeia
b) personification
c) metaphor
d) hyperbole

The rabbit was like a small bundle of cotton balls.
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) hyperbole
d) personification

The bzzzzzzzzz of the saw hurt my ears.
a) simile
b) metaphor
c) personification
d) onomatopoeia

The rhinoceros was a tank speeding toward the petrified hunter.
a) metaphor
b) simile
c) onomatopoeia
d) hyperbole

The plate broke into a thousand pieces.
a) simile
b) hyperbole
c) metaphor
d) onomatopoeia

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