Figurative Devices Test

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Crack" went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

We ate cat fish for dinner

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer's body.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A