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