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    Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Hour: _________

    Figurative Language Unit Test


    Part 1: Multiple Choice Answer the following multiple choice questions by writing the letter of your answer in
    the blank.

    _____ 1. Figurative language is language that:


    a. Uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning
    b. Enhances writing by making it more lively and interesting
    c. Makes reading more interesting
    d. All of the above

    _____ 2. A figure of speech that uses “like” or “as” to compare to dissimilar things is called:
    a. Onomatopoeia
    b. Simile
    c. Alliteration
    d. Personification

    _____ 3. Sound words such as BANG, BAM, and BOING are examples of:
    a. Simile
    b. Idiom
    c. Onomatopoeia
    d. Metaphor

    _____ 4. “My sister’s room is a pig pen” is an example of:


    a. Personification
    b. Metaphor
    c. Alliteration
    d. Idiom

    _____ 5. It is called ______________ when an author sets mental pictures or images in the reader’s head using
    words that appeal to the five sense.
    a. Metaphor
    b. Idiom
    c. Personification
    d. Imagery

    _____ 6. “The flowers danced in the breeze” is an example of:


    a. Personification
    b. Hyperbole
    c. Tone
    d. Alliteration
    _____7. An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect, such as “My grandma is 900 years old!” is called:
    a. Hyperbole
    b. Analogy
    c. Personification
    d. Allusion

    _____8. The author’s attitude toward the subject, topic, or character of a text is:
    a. Irony
    b. Analogy
    c. Tone
    d. Figurative Language

    _____ 9. An object or event that represents an abstract idea is called a(n):


    a. Simile
    b. Allusion
    c. Symbol
    d. Metaphor

    _____ 10. When what is expected does not match up with reality, (either verbally, dramatically, or situationally)
    this is called:

    a. Symbolism
    b. Analogy
    c. Irony
    d. Tone
    Part 2: Match the following terms with their examples by writing the letter of the correct answer in the blank.
    ______ Hyperbole A. A newspaper reporter writes a serious article
    about a plane crash.
    ______ Imagery B. His fist felt like an iron cannon ball as it plunged
    through the wall.
    ______ Irony C. The bells went RINGGGGG CLANGGGGG
    CLAGGG.
    ______ Metaphor D. “You were in that store FOREVER!”
    E. She is the sun, the moon, and the stars.
    ______ Onomatopoeia F. The American flag represents freedom and
    patriotism to Americans.
    ______ Personification G. The limbs of the dead tree cackled and choked
    eerily in the night.
    ______ Simile H. I awoke to the warm and welcoming aroma of
    granddad’s coffee brewing in the weathered
    ______ Symbolism copper kettle.
    I. A Pepsi delivery driver enjoys a nice Coca Cola
    ______ Tone on his lunch break.

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