Literary Terms Review Game

What is "a figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human traits"?

• allusion

• simile

• personification

• consonance

Choose all that apply. There is more than one answer!

"The vacuum cleaner growled and hissed at my mom while she was frantically trying to clean the house."

This sentence contains...

• alliteratioon

• personification

• figurative language

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Which of the following sentence contains a hyperbole?

• My virtual classmates are a sea of anonymous faces.

• The kite cut through the air like a sharp bite.

• Ms. Evans is the busiest teacher in the entire universe.

• The fireworks zipped and exploded into colorful raining stars.

The tree danced in the wind" is an example of ________.

• idiom

• personification

• simile

"My brother's room is a zoo" is an example of a ________.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

A comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as."

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

"It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of a(n) _______

• personification

• alliteration

• idiom

An exaggeration that cannot be possibly true is a(n) _________

• hyperbole

• allusion

• irony

Making a reference to literature, art, science, mythology, pop-culture, Bible, etc.

• allusion

• alliteration

• irony

An example of ________ is when a student receiving an award for Perfect Attendance at school is absent the day of the award ceremony.

• personification

• metaphor

• irony