Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Drip—hiss—the rain never stops.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,

The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Select

The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves, (2 options)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting --

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

He would write, but his hours are as busy / As bees in the sun,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

My words are little jars / For you to take and put upon a shelf. Their shapes are quaint and beautiful, / And they have many pleasant colors and lusters

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

All round the house is the jet-black night; / It stares through the window-pane; It crawls in the corners, hiding from the light,

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Oh, never, if I live to a million, / Shall I feel such a grievous pain.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?

• Similie

• Onomatopoeia

• personification

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

• buzz

• meow

• book

• splat

Multiple Choice

"Homework is a breeze," is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT an example of a simile?

• Her heart is like gold.

• He is as busy as a bee.

• Life is a rollercoaster.

• She is larger than life.

Multiple Choice

"The stars in the sky winked," is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?

• Similie

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

She’s as tiny as a mouse.

• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Simile

Multiple Choice

'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

The west wind dances down the road.

• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Idiom
• Simile