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