Mrs Bernard's Figurative Language Quiz

1. Choose the figure of speech that best matches the definition: A wild exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

2. Choose the figure of speech that best matches the definition: The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

3. Choose the figure of speech that best matches the definition: Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

4. Choose the figure of speech that best matches the definition: A repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

5. Choose the figure of speech that best matches the definition: A direct comparison of two things that have qualities in common, by saying one thing is an entirely different thing.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

6. Choose the figure of speech that best matches the definition: A comparison of two things that have qualities in common which uses the words “like” or “as.”

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

7. Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: My daughter, Ashley, is as sweet as pie.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

8. Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: My sister is a gremlin.

• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

9. Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: The best thing to wake up to is the sizzle and crackle of bacon in the morning.

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile

10. Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: The wind moaned, and the trees danced.

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Personification
• Simile