4th grade Figurative Language quiz

The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

The dropped package skidded like an Olympic bobsled across the icy sidewalk.

• Mood
• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

What is the meaning of this personification?
"The raindrops danced on the tabletop."

• Raindrops danced around on the table. 
• The rain hit the table and bounced off.
• The rain soaked the patio.
• The rain watered the plants.

Larry had a ton of homework to finish because he had been absent on Friday.

• Hyperbole
• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

The snow was a blanket covering the ground.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fuzzy

Sam sat on the shore watching the seahorses.

• idiom
• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

He quickly began quiet when the machine's engine quit .

• Alliteration
• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Simile

My mom said that I was on thin ice when I didn't clean my room when she told me to.

• Hyperbole
• Allusion
• Irony
• Idiom

Our feet squished in the mud.

• simile
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• none

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated