Figurative Language Review Quiz

The fog comes on little cat feet.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

My sister uses so much makeup, she weighs 50 pounds more when she's done!

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Fear grabbed me as I heard footsteps behind me.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

A silver-scaled Dragon with jaws flaming red
Sits at my elbow and toasts my bread,
I hand him fat slices, and then, one by one,
He hands them back when he sees they are done.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

The audience watching the movie was like a roomful of noisy animals.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

The sad student sat silently in the room. 

• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

What's the meaning of this metaphor?
"After all the fans left the stadium, the bleachers were a disaster area."

• Trash and leftover food and drinks littered the ground.
• Lots of caution tape was used to block off sections.
• Reporters were everywhere trying to catch a story.
• After the game, a tornado hit.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What's the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"

• Photography is one of my hobbies.
• I own an expensive camera.
• Photos of me are always really good. 
• I like to visit art museums.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What's the meaning of this simile?
"My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time."

• Her hair is red.
• She talks really loudly.
• She gets really angry. 
• She spits when she talks. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

BAM!  The door shut behind me. 

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5