Figurative Language Quiz

He runs faster than the speed of light.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

The classroom was a zoo, with the students acting like wild animals.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Break a leg.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Metaphor

The clock went tick-tock, tick-tock as it marked the passing of time.

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

She was as busy as a bee gathering nectar from a flower.

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

The car screeched to a halt at the red light.

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

My backpack weighs a ton!

• Idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Hyperbole

The slippery snake slithered silently through the grass.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

The world is a stage, and we are all actors.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Idiom

• Alliteration