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

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

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

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The cow jumped over the moon.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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

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

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole