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