Figurative Language Quiz

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• An exaggeration used for emphasis

• A word or phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

• An implied comparison between two unlike things

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• An exaggeration used for emphasis

• A word or phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

• An implied comparison between two unlike things

What is an idiom?

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• An exaggeration used for emphasis

• A word or phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

• An implied comparison between two unlike things

What is hyperbole?

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• An exaggeration used for emphasis

• A word or phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

• An implied comparison between two unlike things

What is personification?

• A comparison of two things using like or as

• An exaggeration used for emphasis

• A word or phrase that means something different from its literal meaning

• An implied comparison between two unlike things