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