Figurative Language

Figurative Language:

By Christine Parker

Multiple Choice

"When he kissed her, it felt to her as though he were trying to win a sword fight."
What type of figurative language is used?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

 "Allie’s cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star."

What type of figurative language is used here?

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

Multiple Choice

 "Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel."

What figurative device is used here?

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Multiple Choice

"Grandpa lounged on the raft in the middle of the pool like an old battleship."

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• irony

• simile

Multiple Choice

"If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts."

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

• personification

Multiple Choice

"The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face."

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

• personification

Multiple Choice

"She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show."

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

• personification

Multiple Choice

"The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area."

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Multiple Choice

"The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn."
What figurative language is this?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

"That woman is the cancer of my dreams and aspirations."
What is being used here?

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"That was the easiest question in the world."
Which figurative language is this?

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"Nothing can bother him."
What kind of figurative language is used?

• personification

• hyperbole

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"I can smell pizza from a mile away."
Which type of figurative language is used?

• hyperbole

• irony

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"I went home and made the biggest sandwich of all time."
This sentence contains:

• irony

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"My dad is always working."
What best describes this sentence?

• irony

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"Patty drank from a bottomless glass of Kool-Aid."
What figurative language is used?

• hyperbole

• irony

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the hot, dry land."
What type of figurative language is this?

• personification

• irony

• simile

• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"Jan ate the hot dog despite the arguments it presented to her digestive system."
This is an example of:

• metaphor

• irony

• simile

• personification

Multiple Choice

"The world does not care to hear your sad stories."
Which figurative language is used?

• metaphor

• irony

• simile

• personification