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