Figurative Language Quiz

What is figurative language?

• Language that creates a picture in your mind

• Language that is used to describe people

• Language that is used in poetry

• Language that is used in tall tales

Which type of figurative language compares two things using the word 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Which type of figurative language does not use 'like' or 'as' to compare things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is personification?

• Giving human or living characteristics to something that isn't human

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• Exaggerating for effect

• Imitating sounds with words

What is hyperbole?

• Giving human or living characteristics to something that isn't human

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• Exaggerating for effect

• Imitating sounds with words

What is onomatopoeia?

• Giving human or living characteristics to something that isn't human

• Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'

• Exaggerating for effect

• Imitating sounds with words

Which type of figurative language repeats the same sound at the beginning or in the middle of words?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

What is the difference between alliteration and rhyme?

• Alliteration repeats sounds at the beginning or middle of words, while rhyme repeats sounds at the ends of words

• Alliteration repeats sounds at the ends of words, while rhyme repeats sounds at the beginning or middle of words

• Alliteration repeats sounds at the beginning or middle of words, while rhyme repeats sounds at the beginning or middle of words

• Alliteration repeats sounds at the ends of words, while rhyme repeats sounds at the ends of words

Which type of figurative language imitates or suggests the sounds they represent?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Where can you find figurative language?

• Only in poetry

• Only in tall tales

• Everywhere around you

• Only in literature