Figurative Language and Genres Quiz

What is a comparison using like or as?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• cliche

What is a word that represents a sound?

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• pun

• simile

What is an extreme exaggeration?

• idiom

• hyperbole

• cliche

• metaphor

What is a form of figurative language where a phrase means something different than what is being said?

• simile

• cliche

• idiom

• metaphor

What is a figure of speech that gives an object human characteristics?

• idiom

• metaphor

• cliche

• personification

What is a direct comparison without like or as?

• idiom

• cliche

• metaphor

• oxymoron

What genre is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth; characters may be animals or people?

• traditional literature

• realistic fiction

• biography

• mystery

What genre is the story of a real person's life written by another person?

• biography

• fiction

• poetry

• science fiction

What genre is a story that takes place in the present time and includes events that could happen?

• realistic fiction

• mystery

• fantasy

• poetry

What genre is written with rhythm and rhyme?

• fiction

• poetry

• non-fiction

• drama play