Figurative Language Quiz

What is a direct comparison between two things?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Using like or as to make a comparison is a ______________.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

What is an exaggeration to emphasize a real situation?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

When I give in-human objects human characteristics, I am using ___________________.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

An expression whose meaning is not literal is a(n) ___________________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Passing my test was like winning the lottery! is an example of __________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

My classmates are a bunch of wild animals! is an example of _________.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

Grandma is older than dirt! is an example of ____________.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Can you give me a hand later? is an example of ____________.

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

I can hear summer vacation calling my name! is an example of _______________.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification