Figurative Language Review

A comparison using "like" or "as" is called a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

A comparison without using "like" or "as" is called a(n)...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Descriptions appealing to the five senses is referring to...

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Personification

Giving human qualities to nonhuman objects is called...

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

This term is a SYNONYM for "exaggeration"

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Metaphor

A common expression that means something different from its literal interpretation is referring to a(n)...

• Simile

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Symbolism

The use of objects to represent ideas or qualities is called...

• Simile

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Personification

"The alligator's teeth are white daggers." This is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification

"The snow was a blanket covering the ground." This is an example of...

• Imagery

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

"Running the mile was like climbing Mount Everest." This is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification