Figurative Language Quiz

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• He's as lazy as a dog.

• My dad won't go hiking, he is a couch potato!

• She was as cold as ice.

• Her eyes shone like stars in the night.

What is a simile?

• Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• A comparison without using "like" or "as"

• Giving an inhuman object human qualities

• A figure of speech with a non-literal and literal meaning

The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

A huge exaggeration is called a _______.

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Giving an object that is not human some personal or human characteristics

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idiom

Choose the answer that is not a hyperbole.

• My house is as big as North America.

• My brother is smaller than a seed.

• I ate a truck-full of food.

• I'm taller than you.

It was so cold, I saw polar bears putting on jackets.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• metaphor

• personification

This sentence is an example of what:  "Her voice was music to my ears."

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

The sun greeted me this morning.

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language is being used the following sentence?

He is an animal during football!

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole