Figurative Language Quiz

Colin's drinking straw bent like a tiny elbow, causing the last of the orange juice to gurgle as it slipped past.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Smiling politely and introducing yourself is a good way to break the ice in a room full of strangers. Which phrase could replace "break the ice"?

• get attention

• get over being shy

• make a lot of new friends

• fool people

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

All bundled up in his ski gear, Mason was a big round walking parade balloon.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The sheet of bubble wrap went off like a string of firecrackers when I tried to to it in the trash can.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Uncle Otis is a Scrooge about sharing his stash of chocolate covered cherries.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Jackson's dog whined like a baby to be taken on a car ride.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

My backpack must weigh a ton because of all the papers the teachers have handed to us.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The cow jumped over the moon.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

• personfication

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

His classmates laughed at him, saying he had a pea-sized brain.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D