Figurative Language Quiz

A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Metpahor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Repetition of beginning sounds in words

• Simile

• Onomatopeia

• Idiom

• Alliteration

An extreme exaggeration to make a point

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

The heater yelled as it was turned on during the first winter of the year

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?

It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• Idiom

What does the sentence below actually mean?

The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.

• The car was not starting and making noises.

• The car was a big complainer.

• The car started up perfectly normal.

• The car hurt the person inside.

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

I nearly died laughing is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole