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Figurative Language

2.3
(3 votes)
8 questions
English
1

"We're like two peas in a pod." what type of figurative language is this?

Simile

Idiom

Metaphor

Pun

Hard  20% got this right

Simile - it is a process of comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
2

"Money doesn't grow in Trees!" What figurative language is this?

Idiom

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Hard  27% got this right

Idiom - is a phrase or expression that individual utter but far from the literal meaning.
3

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" What type of figure of speech is this?

Hyperbole

Allusion

Metaphor

Personification

55% got this right

Hyperbole - exaggerated statements or claims but cannot be taken literally.
4

Chocolate was her Achilles' heel.

Allusion

Metaphor

Oxymoron

Personification

35% got this right

Allusion - refers to a statement where writer makes reference of famous person, place, event, or another literary work.
5

Identify the statement "She was a walking color wheel, always wearing just about every shade possible, all at once."

Metaphor

Allusion

Personification

Simile

43% got this right

Metaphor - isa direct comparison of two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as".
6

"The car was suffering and was in need of some TLC." what figure of speech is this?

Personification

Idiom

Oxymoron

Simile

37% got this right

Personification - the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman things.
7

What figure of speech is associated with the word "Pretty Ugly"?

Oxymoron

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Puns

52% got this right

Oxymoron - two words that contradict each other.
8

What figure of speech is associated in the picture?

Pun

Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

67% got this right

Pun - a joke about words that sound alike but they have different meanings.