Figurative Language types - Statistics

General Stats

Answer Stats

Clue	Figurative language type	% Correct
Comparison using like, as, or than	Simile	98%
Exagerration	Hyperbole	93%
Comparison not using like, as, or than	Metaphor	93%
Words in a row that all start with the same letter, such as, "Sally sold seashells by the seashore,"	Alliteration	85%
Describing human features on non-human things	Personification	76%
Words that signify sounds like, "bang!"	Onomatopoeia	68%
Play on words; often used as synonym for joke	Pun	63%
Reference to an external place or thing, such as, "We entered a Garden of Eden," referencing biblical text.	Allusion	56%
Non-literal phrases	Idiom	54%