Figurative Language

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a HYPERBOLE?

• Comparing two things not using "like" or "as"

• An exaggeration

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

• Giving an inanimate object people like qualities

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• "Cause if you’re gone, inside, I’d die without you"

• “Now there’s just no chance, for you and me, there’ll never be"

• “We only said goodbye with words"

• "Singing my life with his words"

Multiple Choice

What does the hyperbole, "Cause if you’re gone, inside, I’d die without you" mean?

• Means that they will go on with their life just fine.

• Means they will find someone else to love.

• Means they feel like they will have no life left if the relationship is over.

• Means they are happy that the relationship is over.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a hyperbole?

• He’s the funniest person ​in the whole world​!

• She ate an apple like a starving hostage

• Stay away from the bees, they sting.

• I did not want to be here today.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a METAPHOR?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• Comparing two things NOT using "like" or "as"

• An over exaggeration

• Giving an inanimate object people like qualities

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• I came in like a wrecking ball.

• This house is a prison.

• She is so loud, they can hear her from space.

• She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• She is an animal

• I’m just a dead man walking tonight

• You are like a fire

• The baby cried all night

Multiple Choice

What does the metaphor "You on fire, you a star" mean?

• These metaphors mean that the woman doesn't exist in Bazzi's life.

• These metaphors mean that the woman is very far away from Bazzi.

• These metaphors mean that this woman is not important at all in Bazzi's life.

• These metaphors elude to the feeling that this woman is very important and prominent in Bazzi’s life.

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things NOT using "like" or "as"

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• An over exaggeration

• Giving human-like qualities to something that is not a human

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a simile?

• She is the apple of my eye

• The baby is an angel

• The phone ran for 1000 hours

• She is as sweet as candy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the simile, "She is as sweet as candy?"

• She is a very nice person

• She is a very angry person

• She is a very mean person

• She is a very boring person

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a smile?

• He reminds me of that actor

• The chair hummed as it was dragged across the room

• I came in like a wrecking ball

• I do not want to be here today, I do not like Mondays

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a simile?

• This room feels like a freezer

• The boy was disappointed when the girl he liked did not show

• She liked to eat ice cream

• She smiled as the boy walked near her

Multiple Choice

What is personification?

• An axaggeration

• Comparing two things not using like or as

• Comparing two things using like or as

• Giving an inanimate object people-like qualities

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The daisies danced in the wind

• The sun was hot

• The clouds in the sky are large

• The trees' leaves fell in the fall breeze

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The car moaned as it came up the hill

• The car is very large

• The blue car is very slow

• The car has many mechanical issues

Multiple Choice

What does it mean, "The teapot screeched?"

• The tea was finished boiling

• The tea was not very good

• The tea is special

• The tea was spilled