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Descriptive Language Test
It really burned me up when you made fun of me.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
idiom
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We had to wait forever to be seated!
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
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"I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of __________________.
metaphor
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
alliteration
hyperbole
idiom
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_____________ is a comparision using "like" or "as".
simile
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
alliteration
personification
metaphor
idiom
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____________________ is when you give human qualities to something that is not alive.
personification
idiom
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
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_________________ are words that resemble the actual sound they describe. For example, "buzz went the saw blade".
alliteration
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
idiom
simile
metaphor
personification
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She clattered and clanged while she begrudgingly washed the dinner dishes.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
alliteration
personification
onomatopoeia
idiom
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The fly buzzed about as he flew close to my ear!
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
alliteration
personification
simile
onomatopoeia
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Like a moth to a flame, she couldn't stay away from the haunted house.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
idiom
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The giant sunflowers nodded their heavy heads as the sun began to set.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
metaphor
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____________________ is a statement or expression that should not be taken "literally".
idiom
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
alliteration
metaphor
hyperbole
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Silly Sally sells seashells along the seashore.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
hyperbole
personification
idiom
alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of each word is _____________.
metaphor
idiom
personification
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
simile
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Your life is a dream of all dreams.
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
metaphor
simile
personification
idiom
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____________ is a comparison that does not use "like" or "as".
metaphor
idiom
alliteration
personification
onomatopoeia
simile
hyperbole
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