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