Figurative Language Comprehension Review

"The star guided me through the night" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

"I drive as slow as a turtle" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

What is an alliteration?

• a word that is a sound

• a comparison not using "like" or "as"

• the same beginning sound repeated

• a comparison using "like" or "as"

"The couch was a rock" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

A word whose sounds suggests its meaning is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole
• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration

"He thought he was going to die from embarrassment" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Assonance

• Idiom

• Simile

"Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language?

• Personification
• Imagery
• Assonance
• Alliteration

"Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Personification

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true is which type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Idiom
• Personification