Figurative Language Quiz

Compares 2 unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• simile

What type of figurative language is this: The leaves danced in the wind.

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

What does this metaphor mean? Tim has a car, but it's a dinosaur.

• Tim loves the T-Rex

• Tim's car is really old

• Tim went to Jurassic Park

• Tim's car is small

Give an example of personification

• I am so hungry I could eat a horse

• The sun is like a light bulb

• The Sun smiled at us

• I want to be awesome

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

I'm so thirsty I could drink the Atlantic Ocean.
What figurative language is this an example of?

• Personification
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Idiom

Which of the following is an example of ONOMATOPOEIA?

• The bacon sizzled in the hot skillet.

• Every cloud has a silver lining.

• Shaina ordered jumbo shrimp at the seafood restaurant.

• The school dietitian eats a double bacon cheeseburger three times a week.

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration

"Achooo" is an example of what?

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

What does the hyperbole, "I have a million things to do today" mean?

• There are a million things to do today.

• There is nothing to do today.

• There is a lot to do tomorrow.

• There is a lot to do today.