Take Me Out to the Figurative Language Quizizz

What type of figurative language is this?

After the no-hitter, the pitcher said he was so hungry that he could eat a horse.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

What type of figurative language is this?

The pitcher, who had been traded the previous year after a "career-ending" injury, was a critical piece of the victory over his former team.

• idiom

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• irony

What type of figurative language is this?

The crowd moved like a wave as they cheered for the team.

• hyperbole

• simile

• allusion

• anaphora

What type of figurative language is this?

The bat cracked when the player hit a home run.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• anaphora

What type of figurative language is this?

The runner was as fast as lightning.

• personification

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• simile

What type of figurative language is this?

They said he was the new Sultan of Swat.

• allusion

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

What type of figurative language is this?

The baseball bumped the batter's bat when he bunted.

• oxymoron

• personification

• pun

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is this?

When the game began, the sun was a ball of fire in the sky.

• synecdoche

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

What type of figurative language is this?

By the bottom of the 6th, stars danced across the sky above the open-air stadium.

• synecdoche

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

What type of figurative language is this?

Texas slaughtered the Angels in last night's game.

• hyperbole

• personification

• synecdoche

• allusion