Figurative Language Assessment

A literary exaggeration is called a(an) __________.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

Use _________ when you want to give human-like qualities to something that is not human.

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called ________.

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

A comparison using like or as is a(an) _________.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

A(an) __________ is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

Words that resemble the sound they describe is called ________.

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

A comparison of two nouns that does not use like or as is a(an) __________.

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

"The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains," is an example of _________.

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

"The fly buzzed past us as we were smelling the flowers," is an example of _________.

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

"The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads," is an example of _________.

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration