Figurative Language Test

__F___1.) Alliteration A.) Use of words to create a sensory experience or image

__D___2.) Metaphor B.) Makes a comparison between two unlike things by using a connective word
—like, as, than, or
resembles

___G__3.) Onomatopoeia C.) Gives human qualities to an animal, thing, or concept

__E___4.) Hyperbole D.) Makes a comparison between two unlike things without using a connective
word such as like
or as.
C
_____5.) Personification E.) Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a
comic effect
B
_____6.) Simile F.) Repetition of sounds, usually consonants, at the beginning of words

___A__7.) Imagery G.) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is
describing
J
_____8.) Pun H.) The author will refer to something famous that most people know, but he/she
doesn’t fully
explain it. (could be a person, place, historical event, literature etc…)

_M____9.) Connotation I.) A contrast between appearance and reality, or between what is expected and
what actually
happens.

K_____10.) Diction J.) A joke or play on words where a word is used to convey two meanings at the
same time

__L___11.) Denotation K.) The writer’s choice of words

___H__12.) Allusion L.) The literal or dictionary meaning of a word

__I___13.) Irony M.) The suggested or implied meanings associated with a word beyond its
dictionary meaning

Figurative Speech: Idiom, Hyperbole, Metaphor, Personification, Simile, Onomatopoeia,

15. ALLITERATION Mary mopped and made mostly marmalade in May.

16. ONOMATOPOEIA Pow! Bash! The action hero swung his chair and crashed it into the door.

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 17. PERSONIFICATION Rows of corn stood at attention in the garden.

18. IDIOM She has a frog in her throat, and does not feel well.

19. SIMILE She is as quiet as a mouse.

20. ALLUSION No matter how hard my mom tries, she is no June Cleaver.

21. IDIOM/ HYPERBOLE Some students would rather eat dirt and die than have to sit down and read a
book.

22. SIMILE The baby's skin was like a rose petal.

23. PERSONIFICATION The hungry waves grabbed our sand castle and pulled it into the foamy sea.

24. SIMILE The moonless night was dark as black velvet.

25. PERSONIFICATION The night was cloaked in darkness.

26. PERSONIFICATION The sea licked the grass at the edge of the shore.

27. ALLUSION I am afraid of spiders, but I'm no cowardly lion!

28. PERSONIFICATION The sheets hanging on the clothesline danced in the wind.

29. METAPHOR/ The train was an angry animal roaring down the tracks.
PERSONIFICATION
30. IDIOM/ These walls have ears.
PERSONIFICATION
31. SIMILE/ IDIOM You are as slow as molasses in January.

32. HYPERBOLE/IDOM My dad had a cow when he saw my grades

33. ONOMATOPEIA The car chugged up the hill.

34. PERSONIFICATION Many of the sunflowers hung their heads in shame.

35. ALLITERATION Ten tiny tulips twisted in the tornado.

36. ALLUSION That substitute teacher was a real ringmaster.

37. SIMILE George thought Sally was sweet as sugar.

38. METAPHOR Meeting Joe was unreal; I think I found my Prince Charming.

39. METAPHOR Jandi had to wash a mountain of dishes.

40. IDIOM The pencil sharpener chewed up my pencil.

41. METAPHOR Ms. Chavis gave us a ton of homework.

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 42. PERSONIFICATION You're just throwing money down the drain.

43. ONOMATOPOEIA Crack! Tom hit a homerun.

44. PERSONIFICATION The cursor jumped all over the page.

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