Figurative Language Test

A comparison without using "like" or "as" is called a/an

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

• hyperbole

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language for the item below.

The angry bee buzzed right past our heads!

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Choose the most appropriate type of figurative language for the item below.

Charming children chat in the chilly chambers.

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

My brother and I fight like cats and dogs all the time.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Personification

1. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

Despite being 85, my grandmother's mind is as sharp as a razor.

• simile

• metaphor

• symbolism

• allusion

He studies all the time and is a regular Einstein.

• allusion

• euphemism

• simile

• alliteration

• Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

Some people are calling me the Tiger Woods of miniature golf.

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Symbolism