GMAS TEST PREP

Figurative Language

100

What type of Figurative Language 

                    "Justin is as brave as a lion."

The correct answer is a Simile!

200

Is this a Hyperbole or a Idiom?

            "I'm soooo hungry I could eat a horse!"

The correct answer is a Hyperbole!

300

What type of Figurative Language is this?

"The city sighed in relief after the storm passed"

The correct answer is Personification!

400

Is this Alliteration?

 "Please put your paints away and practice the piano."

The correct answer is yes!"      

Why?

"Please put your paints away and practice the piano" is an example of alliteration because the word "p" sound is repeated at the beginning of closely connected words.

500

Which one is Allusion

1. "To have a golden touch"means:

   • (a) To be very kind.
   • (b) To be very wealthy.
   • (c) To be able to turn everything you touch into gold.
   • (d) To be very lucky.

   
   

The correct answer is 

• (c) To be able to turn everything you touch into gold!