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Figurative Language
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Subject
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writing-skills
Instructions:
Answer 14 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. He is as fast as a cheetah
Simile
Analogy
Analogy
Metaphor
2. The bells screamed that it was time for lunch
Analogy
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
3. An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Personification
4. Sound
Hyperbole
Simile
Analogy
Onomatopoeia
5. That teacher was a real ringmaster
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
6. Compares two or more unlike things using 'is' or 'was'
Metaphor
Simile
Analogy
Onomatopoeia
7. A phrase that has two meanings
Analogy
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
8. A comparison between two or more like things
Analogy
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
9. These books weigh a ton
Analogy
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
10. Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
Idiom
Personification
Analogy
Hyperbole
11. Bang! The plate crashed to the floor
Hyperbole
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
12. Compares two or more unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
13. Lisa tended to the mold the way the mother bird took care of her nest
Analogy
Metaphor
Personification
Metaphor
14. You're in hot water
Metaphor
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Idiom