Figurative Language Quiz

The snake swam across the lake as a ribbon would curl in an autumn breeze.

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Personification

The car lights winked at one another as they passed on the highway.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

Perry has tons of money in his piggy bank at the back of his closet.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

My teacher is a dragon! She gives so much homework!

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Allusion
• Onomatopoeia

Just because he won the science fair, he thinks he’s a regular Einstein.

• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Allusion
• Simile

The pest control company had to close due to a bug infestation.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Irony

Who let the cat out of the bag on Marissa’s surprise party?

• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Irony
• Hyperbole

I had my umbrella with me all week. Today, when it rains, I left it home!

• Alliteration
• Irony
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor

The clouds danced across the night sky, lit by the full moon.

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

If I must go to my aunt’s house one more time, I will absolutely drop dead.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification