Figurative Language Quiz

"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• metaphor
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

"The city was a jungle." is an example of what?

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

"Chicago is a city that is as fierce as a dog with fangs." is an example of what?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Personification

"The sunshine threw his hat away." is an example of what?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification

"Opportunity extended its hands to me." is an example of what?

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification

Time is a friend and an enemy at times.

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole

Figurative language is...

• language that should be taken literal
• language that should not be taken literal
• language that tells the reader exactly what they mean
• language from another language

What is a metaphor?

• Comparison between two things not usually compared

• Comparison between two things using like or as

• A non-human is described with human characteristics

• Exaggeration

What is a simile?

• Exaggeration

• A non-human is described with human characteristics

• Comparison between two things not usually compared

• Comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

What is personification?

• Exaggeration

• Comparison between two things not usually compared

• A non-human is described with human characteristics

• Comparison between things using "like" or "as"