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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. Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
Idiom
Idiom
Metaphor
Personification
2. Compares two or more unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
Simile
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Personification
3. Compares two or more unlike things using 'is' or 'was'
Metaphor
Idiom
Analogy
Personification
4. Lisa tended to the mold the way the mother bird took care of her nest
Personification
Idiom
Personification
Analogy
5. A comparison between two or more like things
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
Idiom
6. The bells screamed that it was time for lunch
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
7. You're in hot water
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Metaphor
8. A phrase that has two meanings
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Analogy
Personification
9. He is as fast as a cheetah
Simile
Analogy
Personification
Onomatopoeia
10. That teacher was a real ringmaster
Analogy
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
11. An extreme exaggeration
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
Simile
12. These books weigh a ton
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Analogy
13. Sound
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Hyperbole
14. Bang! The plate crashed to the floor
Analogy
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Personification