Figurative Language

What is a figure of speech that implies a

comparison between two relatively unlikely things?

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Simile

What is the repetition of the same letter

or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely

connected words?

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language involves the giving of human qualities to an animal, object or abstract idea?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language occurs when contradictory terms appear side by side?

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

What is a brief, indirect reference to a person,

place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary

or political significance?

• Onomatopoeia

• Pun

• Simile

• Allusion

What is an exaggerated statement used to

emphasize an idea or make a point?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Pun

What type of figurative language is the use of words which actually sound like the objects or actions to which they refer?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language is a play on words; sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Pun

• Onomatopoeia

What type of figurative language can be found in the sentence below?

The sunshine smiled upon us as we swam in the deep blue sea.

• Simile

• Personification

• Oxymoron

• Pun

What type of figurative language can be found in the sentence below?

My house is a million miles from here.

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia