Figurative Language Pre Assessment

An indirect comparison between two things. Often times using like or as to make the comparison.

• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Metaphor

A direct comparison between two things

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Giving human traits to something that is not human.

• Personification
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

Words that resemble the sound they represent.

• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Personification

When the beginning consonant sound repeats.

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Use of language that engages the five senses.

• Imagery
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Metaphor

An extreme exaggeration

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Imagery
• Personification
• Metaphor

An expression that means something more than the literal definition.

• Idiom
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Personification

A brief and indirect reference to an event, person, thing, or idea of historical significance.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Imagery
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Which of the following sentences uses a metaphor?

• Anger is a fire you can't put out.
• Our love is like a rose blooming on a beautiful spring day .
• In the early morning light, the frost on the trees twinkled like diamonds.
• After loading up all of my homework, it was hard to carry my backpack because it weighed a ton.