figurative language quiz

The sea glittered like diamonds under lights is an example of:

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

is a name given to literary devices that are not meant to be interpreted literally; they are meant to be interpreted.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• text structure

She is like the wind.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Witch of the following is an hyperbole?

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• She's a brick house.

• Our love is like a rose garden.

• The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.

A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing using the words "like" or "as" is called a.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

The following statement is an example of which figurative language. My mom's voice is annoying as nails scratching against a chalkboard!

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Mood

• Simile

What type of figurative language is being used. Careless cars cutting corners cause confusion.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of which one?

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor