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