Figurative Language Quiz #2

The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass.

• Simile

• Metaphor

Happy Harry handles handsprings horribly.

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

“Crack” went the bat as the pitcher hit a home run.

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

We ate catfish for dinner.

• Oxymoron

• Personification

Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

The water was a glove that enveloped the swimmer’s body.

• Oxymoron

• Metaphor

The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail.

• Alliteration

• Simile