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