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