6th Grade Figurative Language Quiz

1. Comparing two things without using “like” or “as”.

2. A common expression that cannot be understood literally.

3. Words or phrases in which contradictory or opposite terms are used

4. Comparing two things using “like” or “as”.

5. An overstated exaggeration.

6. Words that sound like what they mean.

7. The repeating of the same letter or sound.

8. Giving human characteristics to things that are not human

9. Their thoughts were like golden birds.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

10. Fear lurks, watching me, waiting for the moment to pounce.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification