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