Figurative Language QUIZ

Read the definition and chose the correct example of figurative language.

When a statement is "extremely exaggerated" to make a point.

We have driven for a zillion miles.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as,

Life is a rainbow.

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

A word that imitates or mimics the noise or sounds it makes.

The bacon was sizzling in the pan.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

When an object is given human qualities to non-living or human things.

The kite danced happily across the sky.

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

When a common saying has a meaning that is different from what is says.

It's raining cats and dogs.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

When two or more words start with the same sounds in a phrase.

She sold seashells by the seashore.

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

When a comparison of two unlike things is made using like or as.

He was as cool as a cucumber.

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

Read the following sentences and choose which example of

figurative language is being used in the sentences.

Max slurped up every last drop of the milkshake through the straw.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

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The volcano was beginning to wake up after a long 90-year rest.

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

Dad is a night owl.

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• hyperbole