Figurative Language Quiz

First and Last Name

The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence.

• alliteration
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

A comparison that uses the words “like” or “as”.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• alliteration

Words that appeal to our five senses.

• imagery
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

A phrase whose literal meaning is different from its actual meaning.

• idiom
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

A figure of speech in which human traits are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

An extreme exaggeration.

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification

A comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words “like” or “as” and turns a comparison into a statement/fact.

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• alliteration

The imitation of a sound. A word that imitates the sound it describes.

• onomatopoeia
• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• alliteration

Words that sound the same as one another.

• rhyme
• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification